Worldwide, 和歌 (Waka 
, 和歌 
) is a common epicene forename. The first name 和歌 is habitual in Gambia, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Japan, where it is quite a rare feminine name, and Ethiopia, where it is quite a rare epicene name. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Japan, Ethiopia, and Nigeria. Also, 和歌 is the last name as well as the forename.