Worldwide, Shkr (شكر 
, Shkr 
) is quite a rare predominantly male, but scarcely feminine forename. The given name Shkr is habitual in Iraq, where it is quite a rare principally masculine, but very seldom feminine name, Libya, where it is a rare masculine name, and Egypt, where it is a rare epicene name. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Iraq, Egypt, and Sudan. Also, Shkr is the last name as well as the forename.