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All over the world, Katana (刀 , Katana , Катана ) is quite a rare gender-neutral first name. The first name Katana is habitual in Algeria, where it is a rare male name, Tanzania, and Australia, where it is a rare feminine name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in China, India, and Indonesia. More prevalently, Katana is the last name as well as the forename.
Katana is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Katana , the DC Comics character, Suicide Squad; Katana , the fictional character in the 1991 film Highlander II: The Quickening; Katana , the fictional character in animated television series ''Blackstar''; Katana , the operatic character in the operetta Die Geisha, The Geisha and Katana , the musical character in the musical The Geisha by Sidney Jones; captain of the guard.