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In the world, 生 (生 , Seng , Shen ) is a widespread gender-neutral forename. The first name 生 is habitual in Mongolia, where it is a widespread unisex name, Macao, where it is a common mostly masculine, but seldom girly name, and Singapore, where it is quite a rare epicene name. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in China, Mongolia, and Vietnam. More prevalently, 生 is the last name as well as the forename.
生 is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Yu Shen , the Jin Ping Mei character; Shen Gongbao , the Investiture of the Gods character; Shen Erjie , the Jin Ping Mei character; Shen Woo , the fictional character from The King of Fighters, The King of Fighters XIII and Shen , the playable character from the game League of Legends, among other works.