Throughout the world, 美琴 (美琴 
, Meiqin 
) is a common principally female, but scarcely male first name. The first name 美琴 is characteristic of China, where it is quite a rare predominantly female, but very infrequently male name, Taiwan, where it is quite a rare feminine name, and Singapore, where it is a rare girly name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in China, Taiwan, and the United States. Much less frequently, 美琴 is the last name as well as the forename.