Around the globe, Soby (Soby 
, สะอื้น) is a rare epicene first name. The first name Soby is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly United Arab Emirates, where it is a rare masculine name, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in India, United Arab Emirates, and Egypt. Likewise, Soby is the last name as well as the forename.