Globally, שיקה (Shike 
, שיקה 
) is quite a rare epicene given name. The first name שיקה is habitual in Kuwait, where it is a rare boy's name, Ethiopia, where it is a rare unisex name, and Saudi Arabia, where it is a rare male name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Ethiopia, India, and Bangladesh. Likewise, שיקה is the last name as well as the forename.