Around the world, Акалай (Birce 
, Akalay 
, Акалай 
) is a rare epicene forename. The first name Акалай is habitual in Turkey, where it is a very rare feminine name, Morocco, where it is a very rare masculine name, and India, where it is an extremely rare dominantly boy's, but seldom girly name. More frequently, Акалай is the last name as well as the forename.