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Across the world, Lava (Lava
, Laba
, Lawa
) is a common epicene forename. The first name Lava is habitual in Iraq, where it is quite a common epicene name, Syria, where it is quite a rare principally feminine, but scarcely boy's name, and India, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in India, Iraq, and Nigeria. Likewise, Lava is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Lava | Iraq, Philippines, India, Nigeria, Indonesia |
| Laba | Philippines, Poland, India, Indonesia, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Lawa | Iraq, Philippines, Poland, India, Indonesia |
| لافا | Syria, Iraq, Turkey |