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Around the world, Shaq (Shaq
, Шакил
) is a rare dominantly masculine, but infrequently female first name. The first name Shaq is characteristic of Jamaica, where it is quite a rare male name, Kyrgyzstan, where it is a rare gender-neutral name, and Saudi Arabia. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, and the United States. Likewise, Shaq is the last name as well as the forename.