Throughout the world, 金玉 (金玉 
, Jinyu 
) is a common epicene first name. The first name 金玉 is characteristic of Eastern Asia, particularly China, where it is quite a rare unisex name, Japan, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and Taiwan, where it is a rare female name. Very seldom, 金玉 is the last name as well as the forename.