Forename 沈

Around the globe, 沈 (Shen , Shum , 沈 ) is a common unisex given name. The first name 沈 is characteristic of Hong Kong, where it is quite a common epicene name, Singapore, where it is quite a rare epicene name, and Taiwan. In absolute terms, it is commonest in China, India, and Hong Kong. Much more frequently, 沈 is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name 沈

name Xīn, name シェン, name Сим, name Sum, name Сім, name Chen, name Sheem, name Thẩm, name Shum, name 心, name 西姆, name 申, name Sim, name شن, name Sam, name Tham, name 曲, name Šen, name 辛, name 瞿, name Shen, name シン, name Shěn, name 심, name シム, name Shim, name 屈, name 慎, name Sím, name 沈

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Shen, Shum	Taiwan, China, United States, Malaysia, Hong Kong
沈	China

First names said to be same

Chen, Sam, Sheem, Shim, Shěn, Sim, Sum, Sím, Tham, Thẩm, Xīn, Šen, Сим, Сім, شن, シェン, シム, シン, 屈, 心, 慎, 曲, 申, 瞿, 西姆, 辛, and 심

First name 沈 in the context

沈 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.

Notable namesakes

沈洪兵 Chinese epidemiologist, CN (b. 1964)