Around the world, السيف (السيف 
) is quite a common primarily boy's, but scarcely girly given name. The forename السيف is habitual in Syria, where it is quite a rare male name, Sudan, and Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a rare predominantly boy's, but scarcely female name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Sudan, Iraq, and Egypt. Likewise, السيف is the last name as well as the forename.