Throughout the world, カニ (Kani 
, カニ ) is a common epicene first name. The first name カニ is characteristic of Iraq, where it is quite a rare mostly feminine, but seldom male name, Turkey, where it is quite a rare male name, and India, where it is quite a rare dominantly female, but infrequently male name. Very seldom, カニ is the last name as well as the forename.