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In all the world, بهية (بهية
, Bahija
, Bahia
) is a common largely girly, but uncommonly masculine first name. The given name بهية is characteristic of Morocco, where it is quite a common primarily girly, but scarcely male name, Lebanon, where it is quite a common feminine name, and Algeria, where it is quite a rare predominantly feminine, but very infrequently masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Morocco, Algeria, and Afghanistan. Very seldom, بهية is the last name as well as the forename.
بهية is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Bahia , the character Bahia, captive female, in Anthony Davis' opera Amistad.