Shen

English

Etymology

• As a Chinese surname of multiple origins:
  • Mandarin form of 沈
  • Mandarin form of 申 (shēn)
  • Mandarin form of 慎 (shèn)
  • Mandarin form of 莘 (see Xin)
  • Variant Romanization of 孫 / 孙, see Sun.
  • Variant Romanization of 陳 / 陈 (chén), also another Mandarin form of 諶 / 谌, see Chen.

• As a European surname of multiple origins:
  • Variant form of Dutch Schoen, from schoen (“shoe”)
  • Variant form of German Schoen, from schön (“beautiful, nice”)

• As a river and former Chinese prefecture, from the Wade–Giles and Hanyu Pinyin romanizations of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 深 (Shēn).

Pronunciation

Shēn/Shén/Shěn/Shèn Mandarin Chinese-derived proper nouns

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛn/
• enPR: shǔn
• Rhymes: -ɛn

Proper noun

Shen (plural Shens)

1. A surname.
2. A river in Hubei, China.
3. (historical) A former prefecture of imperial China now within Hengshui, Hebei.

Translations

River in Hubei, China

• Chinese:
  • Mandarin: 深河 (Shēnhé)

Former prefecture of imperial China

• Chinese:
  • Mandarin: 深州 (zh) (Shēnzhōu)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Shen is the 2806^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 12839 individuals. Shen is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (93.77%) individuals.

Anagrams

• NHEs, hens, nesh