Throughout the world, وحش (وحش 
, Vahşi 
, Wahesh 
) is quite a common principally masculine, but very infrequently female first name. The first name وحش is habitual in Libya, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Iraq, where it is quite a rare predominantly male, but very seldom female name, and Oman, where it is quite a rare boy's name. In absolute terms, the name is most common in Egypt, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. Likewise, وحش is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| وحش | Iraq, Egypt, Sudan, Syria, Saudi Arabia |
| Vahşi | Turkey |
| Wahesh | Egypt, United States, Palestinian Territory, Syria, Croatia |