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Globally, 신 (Shin , 臣 , 申 , along with others...) is a widespread largely masculine, but seldom female first name. The given name 신 is characteristic of Macao, where it is quite a common epicene name, Hong Kong, and Brunei. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in China, Indonesia, and India. More prevalently, 신 is the last name as well as the forename.
신 is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Huang Xin , the Water Margin character; Bao Xin , the fictional Han dynasty general, figure in Romance of the Three Kingdoms; Sin Tzu , the DC Comics villain, Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu; Sin , the character from Marvel Comics and Sin , the DC Comics character, Arrow (season 2), and in many other works.