Worldwide, غاردينيا (غاردينيا 
) is quite a rare principally girly, but very seldom male forename. The given name غاردينيا is habitual in Western Asia, particularly Syria, where it is quite a rare principally feminine, but very infrequently male name, and Iraq, where it is a very rare female name. Likewise, غاردينيا is the last name as well as the forename.