Around the globe, เรืองอุดม (Rich 
, เรืองอุดม 
, Ruengudom ) is a common mostly masculine, but seldom girly first name. The first name เรืองอุดม is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a common dominantly male, but uncommonly female name, Ghana, where it is quite a common primarily masculine, but very seldom girly name, and Jamaica, where it is quite a rare masculine name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United States, and Ghana. Likewise, เรืองอุดม is the last name as well as the forename.
เรืองอุดม is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Rich Texan , the The Simpsons character; Rich Hardbeck , the character in the British television series Skins; Rich Sherman , the fictional character from Sacha Baron Cohens television show Who is America?, Who is America? (15 July 2018) and Rich Schweikart , the attorney for Sandpiper Crossing, Better Call Saul.