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Around the globe, Gharib (غريب , Gharib , Гариб ) is a common principally boy's, but very infrequently female given name. The given name Gharib is habitual in Western Asia, particularly Iraq, where it is quite a common largely masculine, but infrequently girly name, Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a common predominantly masculine, but scarcely feminine name, and Syria (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, the name is most common in Egypt, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. Likewise, Gharib is the last name as well as the forename.
Gharib is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Gharib (‘the Untrustworthy’) , the operatic character in the opera L'Upupa und der Triumph der Sohnesliebe by Hans Werner Henze; another son, a sly fox.