Around the globe, ไหย่ (Yai 
, ไหย่) is a common unisex first name. The first name ไหย่ is characteristic of Mongolia, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, Japan, where it is quite a rare female name, and Ethiopia, where it is quite a rare largely male, but infrequently feminine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Japan, India, and Ethiopia. Likewise, ไหย่ is the last name as well as the forename.