All over the world, Shastri (Shastri 
, Шастри 
, শাস্ত্রী) is quite a common epicene first name. The forename Shastri is characteristic of Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Antigua and Barbuda, where it is quite a common masculine name, Barbados, where it is quite a rare male name, and Trinidad and Tobago. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in India, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States. More frequently, Shastri is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Shastri | Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, India |
| Шастри | Kazakhstan |
Shastri is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .
| prabhu dutt shastri PK (b. 1885) |
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| swami ramanand shastri Indian politician, IN (b. 1908) |
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| haridas shastri Indian Gaudiya Vaisnava scholar and practitioner (b. 1918) |
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| raghavan ramachandra shastri Indian businessperson (born 1952, child of Ramachandra Shastri), IN (b. 1952) |
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| nilabir sharma shastri Manipuri author |
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| madhav prasad shastri Indian politician, IN |
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