Around the globe, შოთა (Shota 
, Szota 
, შოთა 
) is quite a rare principally masculine, but very seldom girly first name. The first name შოთა is characteristic of Georgia, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Japan, and Greece, where it is a rare boy's name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Japan, India, and Ethiopia. Much less frequently, შოთა is the last name as well as the forename.
შოთა is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Shota , the fictional character from the Sword of Truth, Legend of the Seeker; Shota Higuchi , the character from Kuroko's Basketball and Shota Sasaki , the character from Kuroko's Basketball.
| შოთა რუსთაველი Georgian poet, GE (b. 1172) |
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შოთა ძიძიგური Soviet linguist, GE (b. 1911) |
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შოთა ყავლაშვილი Georgian architect and historic preservationist, GE (b. 1926) |
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შოთა ხეცურიანი Georgian Politician, GE (b. 1929) |
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შოთა ჩოჩიშვილი Georgian professional wrestler and judoka, GE (b. 1950) |
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| შოთა ილიას ძე მანაგაძე Soviet film director, GE (b. 1903) |
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| შოთა ნოზაძე Georgian actor, GE (b. 1913) |
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| შოთა შავგულიძე Soviet association football player (1915-1963), GE (b. 1915) |
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| შოთა აკობია Georgian writer and poet, GE (b. 1920) |
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| შოთა ცხოვრებაშვილი Georgian geographer, GE (b. 1920) |
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შოთა არველაძე Georgian association football manager and former player, GE (b. 1973) |
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| შოთა გოლიაძე Georgian agronomist (1925-2008), GE (b. 1925) |
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| შოთა ლომსაძე Georgian poet, GE (b. 1925) |
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| შოთა ნიჟარაძე GE (b. 1915) |
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| შოთა ნადირაშვილი Georgian psychologist, GE (b. 1926) |
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