Throughout the world, อาราอิ (Arai 
, อาราอิ 
) is quite a rare gender-neutral forename. The first name อาราอิ is habitual in Kazakhstan, where it is quite a rare principally female, but scarcely male name, Cuba, where it is a rare girly name, and Indonesia, where it is a rare principally masculine, but very seldom girly name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in India, Indonesia, and China. Also, อาราอิ is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Arai | Brazil, United States, India, Indonesia, Japan |
| อาราอิ | Thailand |
อาราอิ is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Arai Shakkū , the fictional character from Rurouni Kenshin and Arai Seikū , character in Rurouni Kenshin.