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Globally, Shany (שני , Shany , Шани ) is quite a rare dominantly female, but uncommonly masculine first name. The first name Shany is habitual in Jamaica, where it is quite a rare feminine name, Israel, where it is quite a rare principally female, but scarcely male name, and Panama, where it is a rare girly name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Indonesia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Tanzania. Very seldom, Shany is the last name as well as the forename.
Shany is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Shani Andras , the fictional character from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED and Shani , the fictional character from the Witcher series.