In all the world, Shota (Shota 
, Шота 
, ショタ , and others...) is quite a rare predominantly male, but very seldom female forename. The first name Shota is characteristic of Georgia, where it is quite a rare male name, Russia, and Japan. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Russia, Japan, and India. Much less frequently, Shota is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Shota | Japan, Taiwan, China, India, Ethiopia |
| Шота | Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan |
| ショタ | Japan |
| შოთა | Georgia |
| שותא | Israel |
Shota is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Shota , the fictional character from the Sword of Truth, Legend of the Seeker; Shota Higuchi , the character from Kuroko's Basketball and Shota Sasaki , the character from Kuroko's Basketball.
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shota chikvaidze Georgian wrestler (b. 1927) |
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| shota gogolashvili Georgian artist (1927-2007) (b. 1927) |
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| shota dzhodzhua GE (b. 1922) |
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| shota shamatava Abkhax politician (1936-2013) (b. 1936) |
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shota nakajima japanese-American chef (b. 1989) |
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| shota okropirashvili Soviet association football player, GE (b. 1950) |
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| shota kviraia Georgian politician (1952-2011) (b. 1952) |
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shota tajima gymnast, JP |
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shota gelazonia GE (b. 1994) |
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| shota koyama JP (b. 1947) |
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| shota morchiladze (b. 1951) |
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| shota malashkhia politician (b. 1962) |
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| shota iatashvili AZ (b. 1966) |
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| shota chomakhidze Georgian footballer, GE (b. 1978) |
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| shota nakamura researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-2058-5942) |
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