Forename Shekhar

Worldwide, Shekhar (Shekhar , شيكار , शेखर , along with others...) is a widespread boy's given name. The first name Shekhar is characteristic of India, where it is quite a common male name, Qatar, where it is quite a rare male name, and United Arab Emirates. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Southern Asia, particularly India, Bangladesh, and Nepal. Also, Shekhar is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Shekhar

name Shêkhâr, name Shekhar, name Шехар, name शेखर, name Шекхар, name Shekar, name שחר, name Shêkhãr, name شيكار

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Shekhar	United Arab Emirates, Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia
شيكار	Egypt, Iraq
शेखर	India
Шехар	Russia
Шекхар	Ukraine, Russia

First names said to be same

Shekar, Shêkhâr, Shêkhãr, and שחר

Notable namesakes

	shekhar kapur Indian film director, IN (b. 1945)
	shekhar sinha Indian Navy officer, IN (b. 1954)
	shekhar gupta Indian journalist, IN (b. 1957)
	shekhar chatterjee Indian actor, IN (b. 1924)
	shekhar ravjiani music director, IN (b. 1978)
	b. c. shekhar Malaysian businessman, MY (b. 1929)
	shekhar bhansali American Electrical and Computer Engineer, IN
	shekhar saxena Indian psychiatrist, IN
	shekhar mehta rally driver, five-time winner of the Safari Rally in the 1970s and 1980s, KE (b. 1945)
	shekhar anant redij Indian businessperson (born 1953, child of Anant Ramchandra Redij), IN (b. 1953)
	shekhar bajaj (b. 1948)
	shekhar champalal desarda Indian businessperson (born 1965, child of Champalal Phulchand Desarda), IN (b. 1965)
	shekhar gawli Indian cricketer, IN (b. 1975)
	shekhar dethe researcher
	shekhar agnihotri researcher