Throughout the world, Šä (Šä 
) is quite a rare gender-neutral first name. The first name Šä is habitual in Northern Africa, particularly Algeria, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, Egypt, and Tunisia, where it is a rare gender-neutral name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Northern Africa, particularly Egypt, Algeria, and Morocco. Very seldom, Šä is the last name as well as the forename.