Worldwide, Shalai (Shalai 
, Шалай 
, Шалаи ) is a rare epicene forename. The first name Shalai is habitual in Tanzania, where it is a rare epicene name, India, where it is an extremely rare epicene name, and the United States, where it is an extremely rare principally female, but scarcely boy's name. More prevalently, Shalai is the last name as well as the forename.