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Around the globe, Shia (Shia , شايا , Шая ) is quite a rare unisex first name. The forename Shia is characteristic of Guatemala, where it is a rare female name, Singapore, and Kazakhstan, where it is a rare dominantly feminine, but uncommonly masculine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in India, Indonesia, and the United States. More prevalently, Shia is the last name as well as the forename.