Globally, শ (Shaw 
, শ 
) is quite a rare epicene forename. The first name শ is habitual in Mongolia, where it is quite a common male name, Iraq, where it is a rare gender-neutral name, and Ireland. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in the United States, India, and Mongolia. Much more frequently, শ is the last name as well as the forename.
শ is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Shaw , the National Treasure character and Shaw Moore , the musical character in the musical Footloose by Tom Snow.