Around the globe, Gauč (Couch 
, Gauč) is a very rare predominantly masculine, but very infrequently female forename. The first name Gauč is habitual in Egypt, where it is a very rare masculine name, the United States, where it is an extremely rare gender-neutral name, and China, where it is an extremely rare boy's name. Much more prevalently, Gauč is the last name as well as the forename.