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Around the world, שלח (Shelah , Shylock , שלח ) is quite a rare dominantly female, but seldom boy's first name. The first name שלח is characteristic of Israel, where it is a rare principally feminine, but scarcely male name, Philippines, and South Africa, where it is a rare largely male, but uncommonly girly name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in the United States, Philippines, and South Africa. Much less frequently, שלח is the last name as well as the forename.
שלח is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Shylock , the fictional human in works of William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice; Shelah , the biblical character; third son of Judah, Book of Numbers; Shylock , the operatic character in the opera The Merchant of Venice and Shylock , the musical character in the musical Something Rotten! by Wayne Kirkpatrick.
שי, נעמה, וופא, חאדר, זינה, כמאל, איתי, אסיל, אמיר, אמין, מלכה, שרית, שאול, שהרן, גורג, ג'ריס, רוזי, רוני, רבקה, ראני, יוסף, יעקב, נועה, יאמן, ראמי, אסתר, גל, טל, נור, עפר, אלי, אור, אתי, מיה, מרי, שיר, סלוא, גיא, רוז, רחל, רמי, יעל, עמי, עדי, ענת, ורד, הדס, תום, גדי, and סאלח