Worldwide, コナン (Konan 
, Conan 
, コナン ) is quite a common primarily masculine, but very infrequently girly first name. The forename コナン is habitual in Ivory Coast, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, Fiji, where it is quite a rare boy's name, and Ireland. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Indonesia, the United States, and Ivory Coast. Also, コナン is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Konan | Japan, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Senegal, France |
| Conan | Turkey, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, United States, France |
| コナン | Japan |
| Konnan | Saudi Arabia, Philippines, Honduras, United States, India |
コナン is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Conan the Barbarian , the fictional character created by Robert E. Howard, Conan the Barbarian; Conan Edogawa , the fictional character and protagonist in Detective Conan; Conan Edogawa , the shrunken form of Shinichi Kudo, the main protagonist of Detective Conan; Admiral Motti , the Star Wars character, Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope and Konan , the fictional character from Naruto, Naruto: Shippūden, among other works.