All around the world, Shilya (Shilya 
) is a rare dominantly female, but infrequently male forename. The first name Shilya is habitual in Tanzania, where it is a rare girly name, India, where it is a very rare dominantly feminine, but infrequently male name, and China, where it is an extremely rare masculine name. Much less frequently, Shilya is the last name as well as the forename.