Across the world, เมดาน (Medan 
, เมดาน 
) is quite a common unisex forename. The first name เมดาน is habitual in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Indonesia, where it is a rare largely masculine, but uncommonly girly name, and Tanzania, where it is a rare primarily boy's, but very seldom girly name. In absolute terms, it is commonest in Indonesia, India, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. More prevalently, เมดาน is the last name as well as the forename.