All over the world, مكتفي (مكتفي 
) is a rare principally masculine, but very infrequently feminine forename. The first name مكتفي is characteristic of Iraq, where it is quite a rare primarily boy's, but scarcely girly name, Sudan, where it is a rare boy's name, and Egypt. Much less frequently, مكتفي is the last name as well as the forename.