Across the world, يؤسف (يؤسف 
) is quite a rare principally male, but very seldom girly first name. The first name يؤسف is characteristic of Iraq, where it is quite a rare predominantly boy's, but very seldom girly name, Egypt, where it is a rare dominantly masculine, but infrequently girly name, and Libya, where it is a rare boy's name. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Egypt, Iraq, and Sudan. Likewise, يؤسف is the last name as well as the forename.