Across the world, ปาวดี (ปาวดี 
, Pawdi 
) is a very rare mostly girly, but uncommonly boy's first name. The first name ปาวดี is habitual in Thailand, where it is a very rare gender-neutral name, and India, where it is an extremely rare predominantly female, but scarcely male name. Very seldom, ปาวดี is the last name as well as the forename.