Globally, Panurak (ภาณุรักษ์ 
, Panurak , พานุรักษ์ ) is a rare predominantly boy's, but very seldom feminine first name. The first name Panurak is habitual in South-eastern Asia, particularly Thailand, where it is a rare principally masculine, but scarcely feminine name. Likewise, Panurak is the last name as well as the forename.