Around the world, เพ็ญดารา (เพ็ญดารา 
) is a very rare primarily female, but scarcely masculine given name. The first name เพ็ญดารา is characteristic of South-eastern Asia, particularly Thailand, where it is a very rare predominantly girly, but very seldom boy's name. Likewise, เพ็ญดารา is the last name as well as the forename.