In all the world, วาตะ (Wata 
, วาตะ 
) is quite a rare epicene forename. The first name วาตะ is characteristic of Ethiopia, where it is quite a rare unisex name, Saudi Arabia, where it is a rare gender-neutral name, and Kuwait, where it is a rare girly name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Saudi Arabia. Likewise, วาตะ is the last name as well as the forename.