Across the world, Chaouch (Chaouch 
, الشاوش 
) is quite a rare largely masculine, but uncommonly female forename. The forename Chaouch is characteristic of Northern Africa, particularly Libya, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Tunisia, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, and Algeria, where it is quite a rare largely boy's, but seldom female name. More frequently, Chaouch is the last name as well as the forename.