Across the world, 吉宁 (吉宁 
, Geneen 
) is quite a rare gender-neutral forename. The first name 吉宁 is characteristic of China, where it is a rare largely masculine, but uncommonly girly name, the United States, where it is a very rare primarily female, but scarcely boy's name, and Australia, where it is a very rare girly name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in China, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Much less frequently, 吉宁 is the last name as well as the forename.