Around the globe, ข้าว (Rym 
, Nkhao 
, Khaod 
) is a common primarily girly, but very infrequently boy's first name. The first name ข้าว is habitual in Tunisia, where it is quite a common girly name, Algeria, where it is quite a common principally girly, but scarcely boy's name, and Barbados, where it is quite a rare female name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Northern Africa, particularly Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco. Very seldom, ข้าว is the last name as well as the forename.