Throughout the world, 時 (Toki 
, 時 
, 시 
) is quite a rare epicene first name. The first name 時 is characteristic of South Africa, where it is a rare gender-neutral name, South Korea, and Nigeria. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Nigeria, India, and Bangladesh. Much less frequently, 時 is the last name as well as the forename.
時 is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Toki no Warashi ; Miao Shi , the Jin Ping Mei character and Toki , the Fist of the North Star character.