All around the world, الطائر (الطائر 
) is a common gender-neutral first name. The first name الطائر is habitual in Libya, where it is quite a common dominantly boy's, but seldom female name, Egypt, where it is quite a rare epicene name, and Iraq, where it is quite a rare largely male, but infrequently girly name. In absolute terms, it is commonest in Egypt, Iraq, and Sudan. Likewise, الطائر is the last name as well as the forename.