The first name Shota
A boy’s name.
2 syllables Male
Meaning and origin
From Georgian შოთა (šota).
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Shota at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 5 boys born in the United States were named Shota, the 13,600th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1993, when 15 were.
317
babies named Shota since 1880
#13,600
rank in 2025
1993
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Shota in other languages
Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary
Շոթա
Šotʻa
Armenian
紹塔 /绍塔
Chinese
Šota
Czech
Sjota
Dutch
Ŝota
Esperanto
Šotha
Estonian
Šota
Finnish
Chota
French
შოთა
šota
Georgian
Schota
German
Σότα
Sóta
Greek
शोथा
śothā
Hindi
Sota
Hungarian
ショタ
Japanese
쇼타
syota
Korean
Siota
Latin
Šota
Lithuanian
Szota
Polish
Șota
Romanian
Шота
Šota
Russian
Šota
Slovak
Šota
Slovene
Sjota
Swedish
Şota
Turkish
Spelled Shota in Catalan, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Welsh too.
Famous people named Shota
8 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Shota RustaveliGeorgian poet, 1172–1216
- Shota ArveladzeGeorgian association football player and manager (born 1973)
- Shota ChochishviliGeorgian professional wrestler and judoka (1950–2009)
- Shota KhabareliGeorgian judoka, born 1958
- Shota GrigalashviliGeorgian footballer, born 1986
- Shota MishvelidzeGeorgian weightlifter, born 1994
- Shota PhartenadzeGeorgian amateur wrestler, born 1994
- Shota NonikashviliGeorgian footballer, born 2001
Questions
- What does the name Shota mean?
- From Georgian შოთა (šota).
- Is Shota a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 317 US babies named Shota since 1880 were boys.
- When was Shota most popular?
- 1993 in the United States, when 15 babies were named Shota, its highest rank at 4,187th.