Worldwide, Ekara (เอกราช 
, Ekara 
) is a common mostly masculine, but infrequently feminine given name. The forename Ekara is characteristic of Thailand, where it is quite a common predominantly boy's, but scarcely female name, Nigeria, where it is a rare epicene name, and India, where it is a very rare unisex name. Very seldom, Ekara is the last name as well as the forename.