Around the globe, ซากุระ (Sakura 
, Sakuna 
, Sakara 
) is a common largely feminine, but uncommonly male first name. The first name ซากุระ is characteristic of Brunei, where it is quite a rare feminine name, Macao, and Hong Kong, where it is quite a rare principally female, but very infrequently boy's name. In absolute terms, it is commonest in India, Indonesia, and Japan. Much less frequently, ซากุระ is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Sakura | Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia, India, Japan |
| Sakuna | Thailand, United States, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, India |
| Sakara | Thailand, Tanzania, Indonesia, Egypt, India |
| ซากุระ | Thailand |
ซากุระ is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Sakura Kinomoto , the fictional character from Cardcaptor Sakura; Sakura Haruno , the fictional character in the Naruto franchise; Sakura Minamoto , the fictional zombie idol from Zombie Land Saga; Sakura Amamiya , the fictional character from Sakura Wars and Sakura Bakushin O , the fictional character from Uma Musume Pretty Derby, and in many other works.