Across the world, বচ্চন (Bachchan 
, বচ্চন) is a common predominantly masculine, but scarcely girly given name. The first name বচ্চন is habitual in India, where it is quite a rare predominantly boy's, but very seldom female name, and Saudi Arabia, where it is a rare boy's name. Much less frequently, বচ্চন is the last name as well as the forename.