Throughout the world, 哈巴 (Haba 
, Khaba 
, 哈巴 
) is a common epicene first name. The first name 哈巴 is characteristic of Egypt, where it is quite a rare predominantly girly, but very seldom male name, Iraq, where it is quite a rare dominantly female, but infrequently male name, and Algeria, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name. In absolute terms, it is commonest in Egypt, India, and Iraq. Likewise, 哈巴 is the last name as well as the forename.