In all the world, Buaphai (บัวผาย 
, Buaphai , บัวไผ่) is a rare primarily feminine, but scarcely boy's given name. The given name Buaphai is characteristic of South-eastern Asia, particularly Thailand, where it is a rare primarily girly, but scarcely masculine name. Likewise, Buaphai is the last name as well as the forename.