Forename Shems

Across the world, Shems (Shems , Шемс ) is a rare gender-neutral forename. The given name Shems is habitual in Saudi Arabia, where it is a rare gender-neutral name, Morocco, where it is a rare largely feminine, but seldom boy's name, and Tunisia, where it is a rare girly name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Saudi Arabia, Morocco, and Iraq. Also, Shems is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Shems

name Шемс, name Şems, name Shems, name Çhems

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Shems	Morocco, Egypt, Azerbaijan, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia
Шемс	Russia

First names said to be same

Çhems, and Şems

Notable namesakes

	shems friedlander American Islamic scholar and Sufi master (b. 1940)
	sheikh shems Yazidi saint
	shems al-hayder researcher