Around the world, เค็ม (Khem 
, เค็ม 
, Salsy 
) is a common principally boy's, but scarcely girly first name. The given name เค็ม is characteristic of Qatar, where it is quite a common predominantly masculine, but very infrequently girly name, India, where it is quite a rare predominantly masculine, but scarcely feminine name, and United Arab Emirates. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in India, Saudi Arabia, and Nepal. Much less frequently, เค็ม is the last name as well as the forename.