Around the globe, Apura (อุบล 
, Apura 
) is a common epicene given name. The first name Apura is habitual in Thailand, where it is quite a common epicene name, India, where it is a very rare dominantly female, but infrequently masculine name, and Nigeria, where it is a very rare dominantly boy's, but infrequently girly name. Very seldom, Apura is the last name as well as the forename.