Throughout the world, พนาลัย (พนาลัย 
, Panalai 
) is a very rare mostly feminine, but infrequently boy's first name. The first name พนาลัย is habitual in South-eastern Asia, particularly Thailand, where it is a rare mostly female, but uncommonly masculine name. Likewise, พนาลัย is the last name as well as the forename.