Worldwide, ชะฎา (Chada 
, ชะฎา ) is quite a common epicene given name. The first name ชะฎา is characteristic of Morocco, where it is quite a rare principally feminine, but very seldom boy's name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare epicene name, and Tunisia, where it is quite a rare predominantly female, but scarcely male name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in India, Morocco, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Also, ชะฎา is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Chada | Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Morocco, India, Thailand |
| ชะฎา | Thailand |