Globally, Kantan (Kantan 
, Кантан 
, กันตัน 
) is a common predominantly masculine, but scarcely girly forename. The first name Kantan is characteristic of India, where it is quite a rare primarily male, but very seldom female name, Indonesia, where it is a very rare boy's name, and Nigeria, where it is a very rare gender-neutral name. Likewise, Kantan is the last name as well as the forename.