Around the world, シャナン (Shannen 
, シャナン) is quite a rare predominantly feminine, but scarcely male forename. The first name シャナン is habitual in Ireland, where it is quite a rare female name, Mauritius, and Australia, where it is quite a rare predominantly female, but very infrequently boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in the United States, Indonesia, and Philippines. Much less frequently, シャナン is the last name as well as the forename.