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Around the world, ชะนี (Chani , ชะนี , Chaneay ) is a common epicene given name. The given name ชะนี is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare unisex name, Greece, and Sri Lanka, where it is quite a rare female name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in India, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Ethiopia. Very seldom, ชะนี is the last name as well as the forename.
ชะนี is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Chani , the fictional character from Dune.