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Worldwide, Shalem (Shalem , שלם ) is quite a rare dominantly masculine, but uncommonly girly given name. The first name Shalem is characteristic of Mauritania, where it is quite a rare male name, Israel, where it is quite a rare mostly masculine, but infrequently girly name, and Ethiopia, where it is a rare gender-neutral name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in India, Ethiopia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Likewise, Shalem is the last name as well as the forename.
Shalem is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .