Around the globe, カニエ (カニエ 
, Kanye 
, Kanie 
) is a rare epicene given name. The forename カニエ is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Ivory Coast, where it is a rare masculine name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare feminine name, and South Africa, where it is a very rare gender-neutral name. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, and India. Very seldom, カニエ is the last name as well as the forename.