Worldwide, بیا (Biya 
, Bija 
, بیا) is a common unisex given name. The given name بیا is habitual in Cameroon, where it is quite a rare dominantly male, but seldom feminine name, Mauritania, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and Algeria, where it is quite a rare largely girly, but infrequently masculine name. In absolute terms, the name is most common in India, Ethiopia, and Nigeria. Likewise, بیا is the last name as well as the forename.