Globally, صدفة (صدفة 
) is quite a rare epicene given name. The given name صدفة is characteristic of Libya, where it is quite a rare largely female, but seldom boy's name, Sudan, and Iraq, where it is quite a rare epicene name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in Sudan, Egypt, and Iraq. Likewise, صدفة is the last name as well as the forename.