In the entire world, العاصفة (العاصفة 
) is a rare largely masculine, but seldom female first name. The first name العاصفة is habitual in Libya, where it is quite a rare unisex name, Algeria, where it is a rare epicene name, and Syria, where it is a rare male name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Northern Africa, particularly Egypt, Algeria, and Libya. More prevalently, العاصفة is the last name as well as the forename.