All over the world, ប៊ូវ (ប៊ូវ 
) is a very rare dominantly masculine, but uncommonly girly first name. The first name ប៊ូវ is characteristic of South-eastern Asia, particularly Cambodia, where it is a rare largely boy's, but infrequently girly name. More prevalently, ប៊ូវ is the last name as well as the forename.