All around the world, Palai (Palai 
, พาไล 
, Палай 
) is quite a rare gender-neutral first name. The first name Palai is habitual in India, where it is a rare unisex name, Kazakhstan, where it is a very rare unisex name, and South Africa, where it is a very rare male name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in India, Nigeria, and Pakistan. More prevalently, Palai is the last name as well as the forename.