Around the world, פולאן (Phoolan 
, Poulin 
, פולאן 
) is quite a common female forename. The forename פולאן is characteristic of India, where it is a rare girly name, New Zealand, where it is a rare epicene name, and France, where it is a very rare gender-neutral name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in India, Indonesia, and France. More prevalently, פולאן is the last name as well as the forename.