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Throughout the world, Homs (حمص , Homs ) is a common epicene first name. The first name Homs is characteristic of Syria, where it is quite a common unisex name, Lebanon, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, and Egypt, where it is quite a rare primarily male, but scarcely girly name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Egypt, Syria, and Saudi Arabia. More frequently, Homs is the last name as well as the forename.