In the world, شلبی (Shelby 
, شلبی 
) is a common dominantly female, but uncommonly boy's first name. The forename شلبی is characteristic of U.S. Virgin Islands, where it is quite a common feminine name, the United States, where it is quite a common mostly girly, but seldom boy's name, and Equatorial Guinea, where it is quite a rare boy's name. In absolute terms, it is commonest in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Much less frequently, شلبی is the last name as well as the forename.
شلبی is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Shelby Corcoran , the fictional character from the television series Glee; Shelby , the character from Adventure Time; Shelby Ashton , the character from The Absent-Minded Professor; Shelby Forthright , the fictional character, WALL-E and Shelby , the character from 2005 film 'Go Figure', among other works.