Around the world, Kanyaw (กันยา 
, Kanyaw 
) is quite a common mostly feminine, but uncommonly masculine forename. The first name Kanyaw is characteristic of Thailand, where it is quite a common mostly feminine, but infrequently masculine name, and Iraq, where it is a rare predominantly feminine, but very seldom male name. Very seldom, Kanyaw is the last name as well as the forename.