Around the world, Hayatu (Hayatu 
) is a common dominantly male, but uncommonly female given name. The forename Hayatu is characteristic of Nigeria, where it is quite a rare principally male, but scarcely feminine name, Saudi Arabia, where it is a rare mostly masculine, but infrequently feminine name, and Sudan, where it is a rare masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, and India. Also, Hayatu is the last name as well as the forename.