Globally, ﻳﺤﻲ (ﻳﺤﻲ 
) is quite a rare primarily male, but very seldom female given name. The first name ﻳﺤﻲ is habitual in Sudan, where it is quite a rare primarily boy's, but scarcely feminine name, Yemen, where it is a rare boy's name, and Egypt. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in Northern Africa, particularly Sudan, Egypt, and Algeria. Likewise, ﻳﺤﻲ is the last name as well as the forename.