Around the world, 索恩 (Sone 
, Sohn , Thorn , along with others...) is a common dominantly male, but seldom feminine forename. The forename 索恩 is characteristic of Cameroon, where it is quite a rare unisex name, India, where it is quite a rare largely male, but infrequently female name, and Qatar, where it is quite a rare male name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in India, Cameroon, and the United States. More prevalently, 索恩 is the last name as well as the forename.
索恩 is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Thorne Forrester , the soap opera character, The Bold and the Beautiful; Thorne , the fictional vampire in Ann Rice's novel series The Vampire Chronicles; Thorn , the fictional character in the Eragon cycle, Inheritance Cycle; Sohn von Alfred III , the operatic character in the opera Der Besuch der alten Dame and Sohn Europas und Asterios , the operatic character in the opera L’Europa riconosciuta.