In the entire world, الأسطورة (الأسطورة 
) is quite a common principally masculine, but very infrequently feminine given name. The forename الأسطورة is characteristic of Libya, where it is quite a rare dominantly male, but uncommonly girly name, Egypt, where it is quite a rare primarily male, but very infrequently female name, and Syria, where it is quite a rare dominantly male, but seldom female name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Egypt, Sudan, and Syria. Likewise, الأسطورة is the last name as well as the forename.