In the world, Shahani (Shahani 
, Шахани 
, شاهاني 
) is quite a common primarily female, but very infrequently masculine forename. The first name Shahani is characteristic of Philippines, where it is a rare female name, Sri Lanka, and India, where it is a rare predominantly female, but very seldom male name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in India, Philippines, and Saudi Arabia. More prevalently, Shahani is the last name as well as the forename.