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Around the globe, Chern (Chern , 凯恩 , تشيرن ) is quite a rare gender-neutral forename. The given name Chern is habitual in Singapore, where it is a rare unisex name, Malaysia, and China, where it is a very rare unisex name. More prevalently, Chern is the last name as well as the forename.
Chern is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Kain , the title character of the Legacy of Kain series, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain and Kane , the literary character created by Karl Edward Wagner, The Book of Kane.