Shayen

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/t͡ʃaʝen/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Shayen is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • NLNetherlands1 in 283K(measured from records)
  • GYGuyana1 in 750K
  • ARArgentina≈1 in 912K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Netherlands (measured from records)

61 people

Sources
11 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 283K (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Shayen counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Shayen is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NL Netherlands611 in 283K37—1
AR Argentina≈50 est.≈1 in 912K2Shayen10
PH Philippines≈20 est.≈1 in 5.5M—Shayen4
US United States≈17 est.≈1 in 20M—Shayen9
CL Chile≈13 est.≈1 in 1.4M1Shayen11
PL Poland81 in 4.8M8——
GY Guyana11 in 750K1——

61 people counted by Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Shayen is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium

    Also written Shayén

  • Bangla given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Bangladesh

    Also written Shâyéñ

20 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHola Shayen,Hi Shayen, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 16 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Shayen
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—37#10,112
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—25#17,304
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—24#10,474
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present)201516#2,054
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present)201316#1,868
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present)201215#1,889
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present)201413#2,089
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—12#25,977
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—8#8,432
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)20268#8,433
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present)20185#3,619
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present)20174#4,105

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Shayen?
A machine transcription gives /t͡ʃaʝen/ (IPA) for Spanish.
Is Shayen a male or female name?
Shayen is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Shayen have the most bearers?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 61 people named Shayen, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Shayen most common?
Shayen is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 283 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Shayen?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 61 people named Shayen, about 1 in 283 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Shayen”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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