Around the globe, พจนาลัย (พจนาลัย 
, Pojanalai ) is a very rare principally girly, but very infrequently boy's first name. The first name พจนาลัย is characteristic of South-eastern Asia, particularly Thailand, where it is a very rare principally girly, but scarcely masculine name. Likewise, พจนาลัย is the last name as well as the forename.
ทองบอ, แสวงผล, พิธรรมานุวัตร, ไชยรังษี, and ศรีหามาตร