Globally, شنبه (شنبه 
, Shanba 
, Şeme 
) is a rare unisex first name. The given name شنبه is habitual in Turkey, where it is a very rare predominantly girly, but very infrequently boy's name, Nigeria, where it is a very rare primarily male, but very seldom female name, and India, where it is an extremely rare primarily masculine, but scarcely female name. Likewise, شنبه is the last name as well as the forename.