Given name
Shota
Shota is a masculine given name from Georgian. It is used in English and Spanish.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shota through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 317
- 317 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,600 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,600 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 476 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Shota’s family of names
In English usage, Shota has a conventional equivalent in the French form CHOTA. In English usage, Shota has a conventional equivalent in JOTA. In English usage, Shota has a conventional equivalent in the German form Schota.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Shota has relatives in 36 languages. Lines run from its Georgian roots to each of them.
Georgianwhere Shota comes from · 1 name
Across languages 23
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Shota
- Shota RustaveliGeorgian poet1172–1216
- Shota ArveladzeGeorgian association football player and manager (born 1973)
- Shota ChochishviliGeorgian professional wrestler and judoka (1950–2009)
- Shota KhabareliGeorgian judokaborn 1958
- Shota MishvelidzeGeorgian weightlifterborn 1994
- Shota GrigalashviliGeorgian footballerborn 1986
- Shota KveliashviliSoviet sport shooter (1938-2004)
- Shota PhartenadzeGeorgian amateur wrestlerborn 1994
- Shota NonikashviliGeorgian footballerborn 2001
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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