Forename Shama

Around the world, Shama (Shama , شامة , Шама ) is a widespread primarily feminine, but scarcely masculine first name. The first name Shama is characteristic of India, where it is quite a common primarily girly, but scarcely masculine name, Pakistan, where it is quite a rare predominantly female, but very seldom masculine name, and United Arab Emirates, where it is quite a rare dominantly girly, but seldom boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Southern Asia, particularly India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Much less frequently, Shama is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Shama is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Shama

name Shàma, name Şămă, name Şąmą, name 沙玛, name Şamâ, name Şãmà, name شامة, name شامى, name シャマ, name Şama, name Şãmã, name Şãmą, name Şãma, name Şămâ, name Щама, name Shamà, name Şàmà, name Şâmâ, name Shama, name 傻麻, name Şámá, name سهاما, name شأمأ, name Shàmà, name שאמא, name Shamá, name Şamã, name Má, name Şămą, name 傻吗, name سهامة, name Shâmâ, name Shâma, name शमा, name 夏吗, name 莎马, name 夏玛, name شامه, name ชามา, name Şāmā, name شاما, name Çhama, name Шама, name سہٰما, name スハマ, name Şãmā

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Shama	Pakistan, Nepal, Egypt, Bangladesh, India
شامة	Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Morocco, Sudan
Шама	Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Russia
شاما	Palestinian Territory, Morocco, Egypt

First names said to be same

Má, Shamà, Shamá, Shàma, Shàmà, Shâma, Shâmâ, Çhama, Şama, Şamâ, Şamã, Şàmà, Şámá, Şâmâ, Şãma, Şãmà, Şãmã, Şãmā, Şãmą, Şāmā, Şămâ, Şămă, Şămą, Şąmą, Щама, שאמא, سهاما, سهامة, سہٰما, شأمأ, شامه, شامى, शमा, ชามา, シャマ, スハマ, 傻吗, 傻麻, 夏吗, 夏玛, 沙玛, and 莎马

Notable namesakes

	shama joseph musical artist, US (b. 1982)
	shama kabani Indian businesswoman, IN (b. 1985)
	shama parveen magsi Pakistani politician, PK (b. 1950)
	shama haider American politician, US (b. 1950)
	shama hiridjee French businessperson, FR (b. 1953)
	shama ishaq politician, PK (b. 1969)
	shama mohamed Indian politician (b. 1973)
	shama sheikh researcher
	ali shama American artist, US
	shama l bhola researcher
	shama parveen mirza researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-0897-710X)
	shama parveen Indian entomologist, IN
	shama umar researcher
	shama shaligram researcher
	shama sograte-idrissi researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-4271-7897)

Forename Shama

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Shama

First names said to be same

Notable namesakes

Characteristic surnames