Around the globe, 哥哥 (Gege 
, 哥哥 ) is a common mostly feminine, but seldom male first name. The forename 哥哥 is characteristic of Egypt, where it is quite a common predominantly feminine, but scarcely boy's name, Libya, and Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a rare mostly feminine, but seldom boy's name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Egypt, Indonesia, and Nigeria. Very seldom, 哥哥 is the last name as well as the forename.