Throughout the world, שלבי (Shelby 
, Shalaby , שלבי ) is a common dominantly feminine, but uncommonly male first name. The forename שלבי is habitual in U.S. Virgin Islands, where it is quite a common female name, the United States, where it is quite a common mostly feminine, but seldom male name, and Equatorial Guinea, where it is quite a rare boy's name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in the United States, Egypt, and Australia. Likewise, שלבי is the last name as well as the forename.
שלבי is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Shelby Corcoran , the fictional character from the television series Glee; Shelby , the character from Adventure Time; Shelby Ashton , the character from The Absent-Minded Professor; Shelby Forthright , the fictional character, WALL-E and Shelby , the character from 2005 film 'Go Figure', among other works.