All around the world, ค้างคาว (Bateman 
, ค้างคาว, Batsom ) is a very rare unisex first name. The forename ค้างคาว is characteristic of the United Kingdom, where it is a very rare epicene name, the United States, where it is an extremely rare largely male, but uncommonly female name, and China, where it is an extremely rare masculine name. Predominantly, ค้างคาว is the last name as well as the forename.
ค้างคาว is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .