In the world, אקיף (Aqif 
, אקיף 
) is quite a rare predominantly male, but scarcely female forename. The forename אקיף is characteristic of Albania, where it is quite a common predominantly masculine, but very infrequently feminine name, Georgia, where it is quite a rare boy's name, and North Macedonia. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Albania, Pakistan, and Indonesia. Much less frequently, אקיף is the last name as well as the forename.