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All over the world, Shadrach (Shadrach , شدرخ , 沙得拉 ) is quite a common primarily masculine, but very infrequently feminine first name. The given name Shadrach is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Nigeria, where it is quite a rare predominantly boy's, but scarcely female name, and South Africa, where it is a rare male name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Nigeria, Ghana, and the United States. Likewise, Shadrach is the last name as well as the forename.
Shadrach is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Shadrach , the one of the three youths thrown into the fiery furnace in the Book of Daniel and Shadrach Dingle , the character in Emmerdale.