In the world, 呢 (Laine 
, 呢 
) is a common mostly female, but infrequently male first name. The first name 呢 is habitual in Latvia, where it is quite a rare feminine name, Estonia, and Brazil. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Brazil, the United States, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. More prevalently, 呢 is the last name as well as the forename.