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Around the globe, Iode (Jood
, Iod
, Iode
) is a common gender-neutral first name. The first name Iode is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a common predominantly female, but very seldom male name, Syria, where it is quite a common epicene name, and Jordan, where it is quite a rare unisex name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Western Asia, particularly Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Iraq. Likewise, Iode is the last name as well as the forename.
Iode is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Iod , the fictional deity in the Cthulhu Mythos.