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All over the world, シャイ (Shai , Chay , Shy ) is a common gender-neutral first name. The first name シャイ is habitual in Maldives, where it is quite a common girly name, Israel, where it is quite a common principally male, but very seldom female name, and Tunisia, where it is quite a rare predominantly female, but very seldom boy's name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in India, the United States, and Ethiopia. More prevalently, シャイ is the last name as well as the forename.
シャイ is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Shy Girl , the character from 2011 film 'Geek Charming' and Shy Ronnie .