Last name الشايب (الشايب 
, Chaieb 
) , globally, is a common family name. The last name الشايب is characteristic of Tunisia, where it is quite a common surname, Jordan, and Palestinian Territory. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Northern Africa, particularly Egypt, Tunisia, and Sudan. Much less frequently, الشايب is the forename as well as the last name.
| أحمد بن عبد الله الشايب Saudi Arabian poet, SA (b. 1846) |
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| أحمد الشايب Egyptian poet, EG (b. 1896) |
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| طلعت الشايب Egyptian translator and intellectual, EG (b. 1942) |
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| ابراهيم الشايب footballer, EG (b. 1984) |
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