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Globally, Yahiya (يحيى
, Yahiya
) is a widespread predominantly male, but scarcely feminine given name. The first name Yahiya is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly Syria, where it is a common predominantly male, but scarcely female name, Saudi Arabia, where it is a common masculine name, and Iraq, where it is quite a common primarily masculine, but very infrequently girly name (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Syria. Much less frequently, Yahiya is the last name as well as the forename.
Yahiya is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: يحيى راشد , character in The Blue Elephant.