Across the world, Ãb (Ãb 
) is quite a rare mostly masculine, but uncommonly feminine forename. The forename Ãb is characteristic of Northern Africa, particularly Algeria, where it is quite a rare largely masculine, but infrequently feminine name, Morocco, where it is quite a rare primarily masculine, but scarcely feminine name, and Tunisia, where it is quite a rare epicene name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Northern Africa, particularly Algeria, Egypt, and Morocco. Very seldom, Ãb is the last name as well as the forename.