Across the world, Shale (Shale 
, Шейл 
) is quite a rare gender-neutral given name. The forename Shale is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Ethiopia, where it is quite a rare unisex name, Botswana, where it is quite a rare girly name, and South Africa, where it is a rare gender-neutral name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Ethiopia, India, and South Africa. Also, Shale is the last name as well as the forename.