Around the globe, Kanniah (Kanniah 
) is a rare principally male, but scarcely girly forename. The forename Kanniah is habitual in South Africa, where it is a very rare boy's name, Malaysia, where it is a very rare largely masculine, but infrequently female name, and India, where it is an extremely rare principally boy's, but scarcely female name. More frequently, Kanniah is the last name as well as the forename.