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Around the world, Alhaja (الحاجة , Alai , Alhaja ) is a common dominantly girly, but uncommonly masculine given name. The first name Alhaja is characteristic of Brunei, where it is quite a common epicene name, Egypt, where it is quite a common principally feminine, but scarcely boy's name, and Libya, where it is quite a rare mostly girly, but infrequently masculine name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in Egypt, India, and Nigeria. Likewise, Alhaja is the last name as well as the forename.
Alhaja is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Alai , the fictional character from the Ender’s Game series, Ender's Game.