Around the globe, الشقي (الشقي 
) is quite a rare primarily masculine, but very infrequently feminine forename. The first name الشقي is habitual in Egypt, where it is quite a rare predominantly boy's, but very seldom female name, Oman, where it is a rare boy's name, and Sudan. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Egypt, Sudan, and Saudi Arabia. More prevalently, الشقي is the last name as well as the forename.