All around the world, 笹 (Sasa 
, Саса 
, 笹 
) is a common gender-neutral given name. The first name 笹 is habitual in Southern Europe, particularly Montenegro, where it is a common dominantly boy's, but seldom female name, Serbia, where it is a common principally male, but very infrequently female name, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is quite a common masculine name (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Serbia, Indonesia, and Egypt. Much less frequently, 笹 is the last name as well as the forename.
笹 is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Sasa , the fictional character appearing in the movie « Soleil de plomb », The High Sun.