Globally, Zahya (Zahya 
) is a rare principally feminine, but scarcely boy's first name. The first name Zahya is habitual in Lebanon, where it is a rare female name, Morocco, where it is a rare principally female, but scarcely masculine name, and Libya, where it is a rare feminine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Northern Africa, particularly Morocco, Sudan, and Algeria. Much less frequently, Zahya is the last name as well as the forename.