Across the world, Shamash (Shamash 
, Шамаш 
, שמש 
) is quite a rare largely male, but uncommonly girly forename. The first name Shamash is characteristic of Saudi Arabia, where it is a rare boy's name, Kazakhstan, where it is a rare dominantly girly, but seldom boy's name, and India, where it is a very rare gender-neutral name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in India, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia. More prevalently, Shamash is the last name as well as the forename.