Throughout the world, Shou (Shou 
, ショウ , Шоу 
) is quite a rare unisex given name. The given name Shou is characteristic of Hong Kong, where it is a rare masculine name, Algeria, where it is a rare unisex name, and Tunisia, where it is a rare feminine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in the United States, India, and Ethiopia. More prevalently, Shou is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Shou | Japan, China, Malaysia, United States, India |
| ショウ | Japan |
| Шоу | Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine |
| שו | Israel |
Sheng, Sho, Shoh, Shoù, Shèng, Shòu, Shôû, Shō, Shǒu, Syo, Syoh, Syou, Çhou, Çhoù, Çhoû, Çhòù, Çhóù, Çhóû, Çhôu, Çhôù, Çhôû, Çhõu, Çhõù, Çhõû, Çhõū, Çhőű, Çhốù, Şou, Şoù, Şoû, Şoů, Şoų, Şôû, Şõu, Şõù, Şõû, Şõũ, Şõū, Şõų, Şőu, Şőū, Şőų, Šeng, Šó, Шэн, Щоу, שוו, شو, โชว, せい,
Shou is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Shou Tucker , the fictional character from Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and Xia Shou , the Jin Ping Mei character.
| li shou Tang dynasty person CBDB = 138740 (b. 577) |
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| shen shou person, CBDB = 139964 (b. 625) |
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| wang shou Yuan dynasty person CBDB = 100896 (b. 1251) |
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| wang shou Ming dynasty person CBDB = 201134 (b. 1455) |
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| shou ru Ming dynasty person CBDB = 200460 (b. 1463) |
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| zi shou Ming dynasty person CBDB = 201357 (b. 1472) |
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| shou zhipu Qing dynasty person CBDB = 76238 (b. 1685) |
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| shou xing Qing dynasty person CBDB = 76235 (b. 1717) |
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| shou kuiyi Qing dynasty person CBDB = 76239 (b. 1726) |
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| shou xingbao Qing dynasty politician (b. 1760) |
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| wang shou Qing dynasty person CBDB = 71066 (b. 1805) |
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| shouzhong Qing dynasty person CBDB = 75589 (b. 1823) |
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| shou jorj bernard (b. 1856) |
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| peryt shou German occultist, DE (b. 1873) |
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| shou shen (b. 1874) |
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