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Globally, شین (Shin , شین ) is a common unisex first name. The first name شین is characteristic of Brunei, where it is quite a common gender-neutral name, Taiwan, where it is quite a rare unisex name, and Hong Kong. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in China, Indonesia, and the United States. Likewise, شین is the last name as well as the forename.
شین is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Shin , the character in Naruto; Shin , the Fist of the North Star character; Shin Natsume , character in Tenjho Tenge and Shin Dong-hyuk , the fictional character in the TV series Hotelier.