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In all the world, Shēn (申 , 深 , 绅 , among others...) is a common largely boy's, but seldom girly first name. The first name Shēn is habitual in Eastern Asia, particularly China, where it is quite a rare dominantly boy's, but infrequently female name. More prevalently, Shēn is the last name as well as the forename.
Shēn is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Yu Shen , the Jin Ping Mei character.