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

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

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)

Characteristic surnames

Bi, Vegam, Sayyed, Sharma, Shaikh, Ansari, Afaroj, Khanam, Khatun, Parvin, Pathan, Pravin, Prveen, Sultana, Khatoon, Paravin, Parabin, Parveen, Parween, Perween, Praveen, Praween, Gupta, Qureshi, Prvin, Pavin, Ali, Ara, Naz, Naj, Shah, Bano, Begm, Bibi, Khan, Rani, Devi, Vano, Malik, Shaik, Singh, Anjum, Ahmed, Afroj, Begam, Begum, Patel, Pawar, and Paraveen