All over the world, اليتيم (اليتيم 
) is quite a rare masculine given name. The first name اليتيم is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly Syria, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Iraq, where it is quite a rare principally masculine, but scarcely female name, and Oman, where it is a rare male name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Iraq, Egypt, and Syria. More frequently, اليتيم is the last name as well as the forename.