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Around the globe, শাস্ত্রী (Shastri , শাস্ত্রী) is quite a common gender-neutral first name. The forename শাস্ত্রী is characteristic of Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Antigua and Barbuda, where it is quite a common masculine name, Barbados, where it is quite a rare boy's name, and Trinidad and Tobago. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in India, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States. More prevalently, শাস্ত্রী is the last name as well as the forename.
শাস্ত্রী is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .