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All over the world, Shames (Shames , Шамес ) is quite a rare gender-neutral first name. The forename Shames is habitual in Western Asia, particularly Lebanon, where it is quite a rare epicene name, Iraq, where it is a rare largely girly, but seldom boy's name, and Syria, where it is a rare unisex name. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Egypt, India, and Iraq. Likewise, Shames is the last name as well as the forename.