Across the world, Shakyr (Шакир 
, Shakyr 
) is quite a common boy's given name. The forename Shakyr is characteristic of Kyrgyzstan, where it is quite a common male name, Azerbaijan, and Kazakhstan, where it is quite a rare boy's name. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Kazakhstan. Much less frequently, Shakyr is the last name as well as the forename.