Shen

Used in: 4 countries

Origin: Wade

* As a Chinese surname of multiple origins: ** Mandarin form of 沈 ** Mandarin form of 申 (shēn) ** Mandarin form of 慎 (shèn) ** Mandarin form of 莘 (see Xin) ** Variant Romanization of 孫 /孙, see Sun. ** Variant Romanization of 陳 /陈 (chén), also another Mandarin form of 諶 /谌, see Chen. * As a European surname of multiple origins: ** Variant form of Dutch Schoen, from schoen (“shoe”) ** Variant form of German Schoen, from schön (“beautiful, nice”) * As a river and former Chinese prefecture, from the Wade–Giles and Hanyu Pinyin romanizations of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 深 (Shēn).

Etymology: Wiktionary (CC-BY-SA)

Name Variants & Related

Shene Derived from Shen
Sheng Derived from Shen
Shenk Derived from Shen
Shenga Derived from Shen
Shendo Derived from Shen
Shenje Derived from Shen
Shents Derived from Shen
Shener Derived from Shen
Taipei Wade origin

Popularity by Country

Shen

Rank #2385

ONS + GRO (merged) ↗

Shen

Rank #3690

Frequency 8,832 people (3.27 per 100k)

Ethnic Distribution

White 4.36% Hispanic 0.44% Asian/PI 93.27% Two+ 1.54%

U.S. Census Bureau Surnames ↗

Shen

Rank #90293

Frequency 5 people

sorokinpf/russian_names ↗

Shen

Rank #141597

INSEE Death Records 1970-2024 ↗

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