Shekh

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Shekh is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name464K records spelled Shekh2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Pakistan, United States

  Also written Shekh'

• Arabic given name24K records spelled Shekh9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Saudi Arabia, Qatar

  Languages: Arabic, Hebrew, Amharic

  Also written Shah, Shayan, שח, שאה, Şhah

• Spanish given name849 records spelled Shekh3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Spain, United States, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Šhēkh

• French given name425 records spelled Shekh3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, India

  Also written Shékh

31 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Shekh is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Swahili, alternative form of sheik

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 104 years between 1907–2017. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 230 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Shekh?

We estimate roughly 11 people bear Shekh (counting its spellings and scripts) across 3 countries in our records.

In which country does Shekh have the most bearers?

Shekh is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled shekh.

How common is Shekh compared with other names?

In India, Shekh is the 118th most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.

Is Shekh a male or female name?

Shekh is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.