Globally, 劳斯 (Rous 
, Rausch , Lawes ) is quite a rare predominantly female, but scarcely male first name. The first name 劳斯 is characteristic of Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Martinique, where it is quite a common girly name, Bolivia, and Guatemala, where it is quite a rare primarily girly, but very infrequently male name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Guatemala, Bolivia, and Mexico. More prevalently, 劳斯 is the last name as well as the forename.