Throughout the world, زعفران (Zafran 
, Safran , زعفران 
) is quite a common predominantly male, but very seldom feminine given name. The first name زعفران is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly United Arab Emirates, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in Pakistan, Indonesia, and Saudi Arabia. Also, زعفران is the last name as well as the forename.