Throughout the world, ปิดทอง (Giling 
, Gilding 
, ปิดทอง 
) is a rare dominantly male, but seldom feminine first name. The forename ปิดทอง is habitual in South-eastern Asia, particularly Indonesia, where it is a very rare boy's name, and Philippines, where it is a very rare epicene name. More prevalently, ปิดทอง is the last name as well as the forename.