In all the world, นพกุล (Noppakun 
, นพกุล , Noppakul ) is a rare largely masculine, but infrequently female forename. The forename นพกุล is characteristic of South-eastern Asia, particularly Thailand, where it is a rare mostly masculine, but seldom girly name. Likewise, นพกุล is the last name as well as the forename.