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Around the world, Sōma (سوما , Sōma) is a common predominantly girly, but scarcely masculine forename. The first name Sōma is characteristic of Northern Africa, particularly Sudan, where it is quite a common principally feminine, but very infrequently boy's name, Libya, and Egypt. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in Sudan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. Very seldom, Sōma is the last name as well as the forename.
Sōma is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Sōma Yukihira , the fictional character from Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma.