Across the world, 椅子 (Isu 
, 椅子 
) is quite a common gender-neutral forename. The first name 椅子 is habitual in Nigeria, where it is quite a rare unisex name, Sri Lanka, where it is quite a rare boy's name, and India, where it is a rare largely male, but infrequently feminine name. Also, 椅子 is the last name as well as the forename.