Worldwide, 寒天 (Kanten 
, 寒天 
) is quite a common masculine given name. The forename 寒天 is characteristic of Japan, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Indonesia, where it is a very rare unisex name, and China, where it is an extremely rare boy's name. Very seldom, 寒天 is the last name as well as the forename.