Globally, Fā (发 
, Fā 
, 發 ) is a common principally boy's, but very seldom girly first name. The first name Fā is characteristic of China, where it is quite a rare predominantly masculine, but scarcely feminine name, Algeria, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, and Tunisia, where it is a rare gender-neutral name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in China, Algeria, and Morocco. Also, Fā is the last name as well as the forename.