Worldwide, عيش (عيش 
) is a common gender-neutral first name. The first name عيش is characteristic of Northern Africa, particularly Libya, where it is quite a common mostly male, but uncommonly female name, Egypt, where it is quite a rare epicene name, and Algeria, where it is quite a rare dominantly boy's, but uncommonly feminine name. Much less frequently, عيش is the last name as well as the forename.