In all the world, Shen (Shen 
, شين 
, Шен 
, along with others...) is a common gender-neutral given name. The first name Shen is habitual in Singapore, where it is quite a rare unisex name, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in China, India, and Indonesia. Much more prevalently, Shen is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Shen | Indonesia, China, Malaysia, Taiwan, United States |
| شين | Sudan, Algeria, Egypt, Syria, Iraq |
| Шен | Kazakhstan, Armenia, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine |
| シェン | Japan |
| Шэн | Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia |
| Шень | Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Ukraine |
| שן | Israel |
| Шэнь | Kazakhstan, Russia |
Họ Thân, Sam, Sheem, Shim, Shin, Shum, Shèn, Shén, Shên, Shën, Shēn, Shěn, Sim, Sin, Sum, Sím, Sĥéń, Sīn, Tham, Thân, Thẩm, Çhen, Çhén, Çhéñ, Çhêñ, Çhën, Çhëñ, Śhen, Şen, Şeñ, Şéñ, Şën, Şëñ, Şęñ, Şěn, Šen, Šhen, Șen, Сим, Син, Сім, Сін, Щен, Щень, Щэнь, שין, شن, เซิน, シム, シン,
Shen is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Yu Shen , the Jin Ping Mei character; Shen Gongbao , the Investiture of the Gods character; Banshee , the fictional character in Marvel Comics, Uncanny X-Men; Shen Erjie , the Jin Ping Mei character and Shen Woo , the fictional character from The King of Fighters, The King of Fighters XIII, and in many other works.
| shi shen Chinese astronomer (b. 400) |
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| xiong shen King of the State of Chu during the Spring and Autumn Period of ancient China (b. 600) |
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| gou shen (b. 1025) |
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| shen wen Song dynasty person CBDB=22906 (b. 1104) |
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| shen wang Ming dynasty person CBDB = 240528 (b. 1360) |
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| shen sheng Ming dynasty person CBDB = 127549 (b. 1376) |
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| wu shen Ming dynasty politician (b. 1383) |
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| shen gu Ming dynasty person CBDB = 67465 (b. 1386) |
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| can shen (b. 1379) |
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| wu shen Ming dynasty person CBDB = 200474 (b. 1451) |
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| lian shen (b. 1507) |
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| shen yuan Ming dynasty person CBDB = 127597 (b. 1535) |
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| shen wen Ming dynasty person CBDB = 205743 (b. 1539) |
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| shen qian Qing dynasty person CBDB = 79525 (b. 1620) |
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shen feng Qing dynasty person CBDB = 79474 (b. 1685) |
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