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Worldwide, カナ (Kana , Cana , カナ ) is a widespread largely masculine, but infrequently girly given name. The first name カナ is habitual in India, where it is quite a common mostly masculine, but seldom feminine name, Cameroon, where it is quite a rare unisex name, and Japan, where it is quite a rare female name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in India, Japan, and Indonesia. Also, カナ is the last name as well as the forename.
カナ is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Cana Alberona , the fictional character from Fairy Tail; Kana Imai , character in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls; Kana Miyama , the fictional character from Place to Place; Kana Kimura , the Fictional character of Kamen Rider J and Kana , the fictional high-speed engine from Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go!, among other works.