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Across the world, शरण (Saran , शरण, شرن ) is a common gender-neutral given name. The first name शरण is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly Qatar, where it is quite a rare masculine name, United Arab Emirates, where it is quite a rare primarily masculine, but very infrequently girly name, and Oman, where it is quite a rare dominantly masculine, but infrequently female name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in India, Saudi Arabia, and the United States. Also, शरण is the last name as well as the forename.