Worldwide, 吉男 (Jinan 
, 吉男 ) is a widespread masculine forename. The forename 吉男 is characteristic of Japan, where it is a common boy's name, Lebanon, where it is quite a common girly name, and Morocco, where it is quite a rare principally feminine, but very infrequently boy's name. Much less frequently, 吉男 is the last name as well as the forename.