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Across the world, 斯隆 (Sloan , Sloane , 斯隆 ) is quite a rare epicene forename. The first name 斯隆 is characteristic of the United States, where it is quite a rare unisex name, Israel, where it is a rare predominantly female, but very infrequently masculine name, and Australia, where it is a rare epicene name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in the United States, France, and China. More frequently, 斯隆 is the last name as well as the forename.
斯隆 is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Sloan , the Eragon character; Sloan Riley , the fictional character from the television series Grey's Anatomy; Sloane , the theatrical character in the play "Entertaining Mr Sloane" and Sloan Dietz , the character in The Mentalist.