Throughout the world, Shakes (Shakes 
) is a rare boy's forename. The first name Shakes is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Botswana, where it is quite a common male name, Namibia, where it is quite a rare boy's name, and South Africa, where it is a rare principally male, but very infrequently female name. Also, Shakes is the last name as well as the forename.