Across the world, Арыкбай (Арыкбай 
, Arykbay) is a rare male forename. The forename Арыкбай is habitual in Central Asia, particularly Kyrgyzstan, where it is quite a rare male name, and Kazakhstan, where it is a rare principally boy's, but scarcely female name. Likewise, Арыкбай is the last name as well as the forename.