Globally, Kuan Yew (Kuan Yew 
) is a very rare primarily masculine, but scarcely feminine forename. The given name Kuan Yew is habitual in South-eastern Asia, particularly Singapore, where it is a rare masculine name, and Malaysia, where it is a rare principally boy's, but scarcely feminine name. Much less frequently, Kuan Yew is the last name as well as the forename.