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Shan An

Shan An is classified as a mostly female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

Mostly femaleMedium

Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.

Shan An · Shanan · Shan-An

Verdict
Mostly female
Confidence
Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in
United States, China
Also spelled
Shanan, Shan-An
US records 1880–2017
123 male / 745 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built
2026-09-11

How to address Shan An

If you do not know Shan An’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Shan An,” in English, “Guten Tag Shan An,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Shan An,

German

Guten Tag Shan An,

French

Bonjour Shan An,

Spanish

Estimado/a Shan An:

Chinese

AnShan您好：

Japanese

An様

English

Hi Shan,

German

Hi Shan,

French

Salut Shan,

Spanish

Hola Shan,

Chinese

Shan你好：

Japanese

Shanさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Classification of Shan An by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
CountryHow commonUsually
United Statesuncommonwoman's name
Chinarareunisex name

United States birth data

123 male · 745 female · 868 births recorded

Male ≈ 14.2%Female ≈ 85.8%

Records from 1980–2017: 9% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Shan An a male or female name?

Shan An is classified as a mostly female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

How do I address Shan An in an email?

If you do not know Shan An’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Shan An,” in English, “Guten Tag Shan An,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Is Shan An a unisex name?

Shan An is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.

Related names

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Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Shan An a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/shan-an. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_shanan,
  title  = {Is Shan An a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/shan-an},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}