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.
Shama is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!
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| Shama | Egypt, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh |
| شامة | Sudan, Morocco, Egypt, Syria, Iraq |
| Шама | Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Russia |
| شاما | Palestinian Territory, Morocco, Egypt |
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shama joseph musical artist, US (b. 1982) |
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shama kabani Indian businesswoman, IN (b. 1985) |
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| shama parveen magsi Pakistani politician, PK (b. 1950) |
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| shama haider American politician, US (b. 1950) |
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| shama hiridjee French businessperson, FR (b. 1953) |
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| shama ishaq politician, PK (b. 1969) |
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| shama mohamed Indian politician (b. 1973) |
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| shama sheikh researcher |
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| ali shama American artist, US |
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| shama l bhola researcher |
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| shama parveen mirza researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-0897-710X) |
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| shama parveen Indian entomologist, IN |
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| shama umar researcher |
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| shama shaligram researcher |
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| shama sograte-idrissi researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-4271-7897) |
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