Throughout the world, Bualai (บัวไล 
, บัวไหล , Bualai 
) is quite a rare dominantly girly, but uncommonly masculine given name. The given name Bualai is characteristic of South-eastern Asia, particularly Thailand, where it is quite a rare dominantly female, but infrequently male name. Much less frequently, Bualai is the last name as well as the forename.