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Across the world, Desta (Desta , ديستا) is a widespread predominantly female, but scarcely male first name. The given name Desta is habitual in Ethiopia, where it is a common female name, Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a rare epicene name, and Lebanon, where it is quite a rare dominantly female, but seldom male name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Saudi Arabia. Also, Desta is the last name as well as the forename.