Around the globe, เยนส์ (Yen 
, เยนส์ 
) is a common gender-neutral forename. The first name เยนส์ is habitual in Macao, where it is quite a common female name, Hong Kong, where it is quite a common dominantly feminine, but seldom boy's name, and Brunei, where it is quite a rare feminine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Vietnam, the United States, and Indonesia. More frequently, เยนส์ is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Yen | Indonesia, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, United States |
| เยนส์ | Thailand |
เยนส์ is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Yen Sid , the sorcerer from Disney's Fantasia (1940), Kingdom Hearts III; Yen Yen and Sing Sing , the musical character in the musical A Chinese Honeymoon by Howard Talbot; maids of honour to Soo Soo and Yen How , the musical character in the musical San Toy; a Mandarin.