All over the world, 肖夫 (肖夫 
, Shove 
, Schoff 
) is a rare predominantly male, but scarcely female first name. The forename 肖夫 is characteristic of China, where it is a very rare boy's name, and India, where it is an extremely rare gender-neutral name. More frequently, 肖夫 is the last name as well as the forename.