Around the world, Afraid (Frede 
, Afraid 
) is quite a common epicene first name. The first name Afraid is habitual in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare unisex name, Denmark, where it is quite a rare predominantly boy's, but very seldom feminine name, and Cameroon, where it is a rare masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Brazil, and Cameroon. Likewise, Afraid is the last name as well as the forename.