Worldwide, 布袋 (Budai 
, Hotei 
, 布袋 
) is quite a common dominantly girly, but infrequently male first name. The forename 布袋 is characteristic of Hungary, where it is quite a rare unisex name, India, where it is a rare dominantly female, but seldom boy's name, and Romania, where it is a rare boy's name. In absolute terms, it is commonest in India, Hungary, and Japan. Also, 布袋 is the last name as well as the forename.