Around the globe, Goba (Goba 
, جوبا 
, Гоба 
) is a common mostly boy's, but uncommonly female first name. The first name Goba is habitual in Egypt, where it is quite a rare principally masculine, but very infrequently female name, Ethiopia, where it is quite a rare epicene name, and Libya, where it is quite a rare masculine name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Egypt, India, and Ethiopia. Also, Goba is the last name as well as the forename.