All around the world, ضاوي (Dawi 
, ضاوي 
) is quite a common epicene given name. The first name ضاوي is characteristic of Iraq, where it is quite a rare predominantly male, but very infrequently feminine name, Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a rare largely boy's, but seldom feminine name, and Ethiopia, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Iraq. Also, ضاوي is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Dawi | Lebanon, Ethiopia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Morocco |
| ضاوي | Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iraq, Egypt |