Around the globe, El-Sabah (الصباح 
, El-Sabah 
) is quite a common epicene given name. The forename El-Sabah is characteristic of Iraq, where it is quite a rare epicene name, Kuwait, where it is quite a rare boy's name, and Egypt, where it is quite a rare unisex name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Egypt, Iraq, and Sudan. Much more prevalently, El-Sabah is the last name as well as the forename. Parts of the name also exists independently as a last name El, and a first name Sabah.