Around the globe, اسوم (اسوم 
) is quite a rare predominantly girly, but scarcely boy's forename. The given name اسوم is characteristic of Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a rare largely feminine, but infrequently male name, Oman, where it is quite a rare girly name, and Sudan, where it is a rare feminine name. Much less frequently, اسوم is the last name as well as the forename.