Worldwide, Pav (Pav 
) is quite a common dominantly feminine, but uncommonly male first name. The first name Pav is habitual in Czechia, where it is a rare gender-neutral name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare masculine name, and India, where it is a rare predominantly girly, but scarcely male name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in India, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Nigeria. Likewise, Pav is the last name as well as the forename.