Across the world, Fayou (发友 
, 发有 , 法友 ) is quite a common principally masculine, but very infrequently feminine given name. The first name Fayou is characteristic of China, where it is a rare predominantly male, but scarcely girly name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare female name, and Morocco, where it is a very rare masculine name. Very seldom, Fayou is the last name as well as the forename.