Across the world, บอล (Bon 
, Ball , บอล 
) is a common epicene first name. The first name บอล is habitual in Macao, where it is quite a common unisex name, Hong Kong, and Algeria, where it is quite a rare epicene name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Egypt, Indonesia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. More prevalently, บอล is the last name as well as the forename.
บอล is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Bon Clay , the fictional character from One Piece.