Throughout the world, Ràng (让 
, 讓 , Ràng 
) is quite a common dominantly masculine, but infrequently girly forename. The given name Ràng is habitual in Eastern Asia, particularly China, where it is a rare dominantly male, but infrequently feminine name. More prevalently, Ràng is the last name as well as the forename.
Ràng is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Jan Bronski , the fictional character from The Tin Drum by Günter Grass; Jean Passepartout , the character created by Jules Verne, Around the World in Eighty Days; General Dodonna , the character in the Star Wars universe, Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope; Xiao Rang , the Water Margin character and Element Lad , the DC Comics character, Legion of Super Heroes, and in many other works.