Throughout the world, Буле (Bule 
, Buhle 
, Boulay 
) is a common epicene forename. The first name Буле is habitual in South Africa, where it is quite a rare epicene name, Ethiopia, where it is quite a rare dominantly feminine, but infrequently masculine name, and Albania, where it is quite a rare female name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Ethiopia, South Africa, and Indonesia. Also, Буле is the last name as well as the forename.