Abay is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

* Aydo Abay (born 1973), German singer and songwriter of Turkish descent * Burak Abay (born 1996), Turkish cyclist *

Dong Abay Westdon Martin Abay (born April 5, 1971), popularly known as Dong Abay, is a poet and a Pinoy rock musician. He was the founding member, songwriter and lead vocalist of the bands Yano, Pan, and dongabay, which are now all defunct. In 2005, ...

(born 1971), Filipino musician *

Korhan Abay Korhan Abay (born 1 January 1954) is a Turkish actor, author, film director and producer. Career Abay is a show-business icon in Turkey, well known for his work as an actor, writer, host and producer of numerous national and international TV s ...

(born 1954), Turkish actor *

Oszkár Abay-Nemes Oszkár Abay-Nemes (22 September 1913 – 30 January 1959) was a Hungarian swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born in Sládkovičovo. In the 1936 Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay eve ...

(1913–1959), Hungarian swimmer *

Péter Abay Péter Abay (born 13 May 1962) is a Hungary, Hungarian fencing, fencer, who won a silver medal in the team sabre competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona together with György Nébald, Bence Szabó (fencer), Bence Szabó, Imre Bujdos ...

(born 1962), Hungarian fencer * Yordanos Abay (born 1984), Ethiopian footballer

Given name

* Abay Bokoleyev (born 1996), Kyrgyz footballer *

Abay Qunanbayuli Abai Qūnanbaiūly () was a Kazakh poet, composer and Hanafi Maturidi theologian philosopher. He was also a cultural reformer toward European and Russian cultures on the basis of enlightened Islam. Early life and education Abai was born in K ...

(1845–1904), Kazakh poet *

Abay Tsehaye Abay "Amha" Tsehaye (; 29 April 1953 – 13 January 2021) was an Ethiopian politician and a prominent personality in the Ethiopian political discourse. He was active in the political scene from the early 1960s up to late 2018, initially as o ...

(1953–2021), Ethiopian politician * Abay Weldu (born 1965), Ethiopian politician {{given name, type=both Turkish-language surnames