Around the world, אוקטאי (Oktay 
, אוקטאי 
) is a common masculine first name. The given name אוקטאי is characteristic of Turkey, where it is quite a common male name, Azerbaijan, and Bulgaria, where it is quite a rare predominantly male, but very seldom girly name. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Turkey, Germany, and Azerbaijan. Likewise, אוקטאי is the last name as well as the forename.