Throughout the world, Belau (Palau 
, Belau 
, Blauw 
) is quite a common epicene first name. The first name Belau is habitual in Nigeria, where it is a rare epicene name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare feminine name, and India, where it is a rare principally masculine, but very seldom feminine name. Likewise, Belau is the last name as well as the forename.