Around the globe, Maphai (มะปราง 
, Maphai 
) is a rare mostly female, but seldom male forename. The first name Maphai is habitual in Thailand, where it is quite a rare mostly feminine, but uncommonly boy's name, and South Africa, where it is a rare primarily boy's, but very seldom female name. Very seldom, Maphai is the last name as well as the forename.