In the world, อาน (An 
, Saddal 
, อาน 
) is a widespread gender-neutral forename. The first name อาน is habitual in Macao, where it is quite a common gender-neutral name, Vietnam, where it is quite a common mostly male, but infrequently feminine name, and Belgium, where it is quite a common girly name (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in Indonesia, Vietnam, and India. More frequently, อาน is the last name as well as the forename.
อาน is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Liu An , the fictional person from Romance of the Three Kingdoms; An Treunen , character in Zone Stad; An old gypsy , the operatic character in the opera Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi; An animal tamer , the operatic character in the opera Lulu by Alban Berg and An Algerian , the operatic character in the opera Intolleranza 1960 by Luigi Nono, and in many other works.