Globally, Sheng (Sheng 
, Шенг 
, Шэн ) is quite a common unisex given name. The forename Sheng is habitual in Eastern Asia, particularly Macao, where it is quite a common boy's name, Taiwan, where it is quite a rare male name, and Hong Kong, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in China, the United States, and Taiwan. More frequently, Sheng is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Sheng | China, Malaysia, Singapore, United States, Myanmar |
| Шенг | Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine |
| Шэн | Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia |
| شنغ | Yemen |
Akira, Chéng, English, Engsh, Jo, Joh, Jou, Jō, Mori, Sakae, Sakai, Sakan, Sakari, Sei, Seng, Seung, Shigeru, Sho, Shoh, Shou, Shèng, Shëng, Shëñg, Shō, Sigeru, Sung, Syo, Syoh, Syou, Śhênĝ, Şeng, Šeng, Šó, Акира, Акіра, Мори, Сакаи, Сакан, Сакари, Сигэру, Шен, Шёнг, שנג, أكيرا, ซอเฮง, ซอเฮ่ง, ซอเฮ้ง, さかい, しげる, じょう,
Sheng is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Guan Sheng , the Chinese novel Water Margin fictional character; Guo Sheng , the Water Margin character and Sheng Long , the fictional character based on a translation error, Street Fighter.
| mou sheng Tang dynasty person CBDB = 139720 (b. 657) |
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| li sheng painter (b. 950) |
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| li sheng Chinese artist (b. 1350) |
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| du sheng Ming dynasty person CBDB = 199731 (b. 1435) |
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| qu sheng Ming dynasty person CBDB = 204174 (b. 1516) |
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ling sheng politician (b. 1886) |
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| lien shih sheng (b. 1907) |
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| shao fang sheng Chinese artist (1917-2009) (b. 1917) |
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ji sheng Ming dynasty Chinese painter |
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| guo ying sheng botanist (b. 1936) |
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| ping sheng Chinese physicist (b. 1946) |
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| li sheng (b. 1943) |
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| morgan sheng neurobiologist, US (b. 1958) |
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| hong sheng (b. 1954) |
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| jiang sheng (b. 1962) |
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