Worldwide, เหล่ย (Ley 
, เหล่ย, Zanq) is quite a rare unisex first name. The forename เหล่ย is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare dominantly boy's, but infrequently girly name, the Dominican Republic, where it is a rare gender-neutral name, and Panama, where it is a rare girly name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia, and Philippines. More prevalently, เหล่ย is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Ley | Myanmar, Germany, United States, Mexico, Malaysia |