All around the world, กันปาน (Guard 
, Kanpan 
, กันปาน ) is a rare unisex first name. The given name กันปาน is habitual in South Africa, where it is a very rare boy's name, Indonesia, and India, where it is a very rare epicene name. More prevalently, กันปาน is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Guard | Indonesia, Myanmar, United Kingdom, India, United States |
| Kanpan | Myanmar, India, France, Malaysia, Thailand |
| กันปาน | Thailand |
กันปาน is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Guard Woodruff , the National Treasure character; guard , the fictional character from In Search of the Castaways (1962 film); Guard , the theatrical character in the play "Alkiviadis"; Guard , the operatic character in the opera Das geheime Königreich by Ernst Krenek and Guard , the character from 2016 film 'Invisible Sister', and in many other works.