Around the world, เข็ญ (Khen 
, เข็ญ 
) is quite a rare unisex first name. The first name เข็ญ is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare mostly boy's, but seldom girly name, Qatar, where it is a rare male name, and United Arab Emirates, where it is a rare epicene name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, India, and Philippines. Likewise, เข็ญ is the last name as well as the forename.