Shannan
Shannan is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Female
- Confidence
- High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States
- US records 1880–2017
- 317 male / 5,161 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Shannan
If you do not know Shannan’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Shannan,” in English, “Guten Tag Shannan,” 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 Shannan,
German
Guten Tag Shannan,
French
Bonjour Shannan,
Spanish
Estimado/a Shannan:
Chinese
Shannan您好：
Japanese
Shannan様
English
Hi Shannan,
German
Hi Shannan,
French
Salut Shannan,
Spanish
Hola Shannan,
Chinese
Shannan你好：
Japanese
Shannanさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | common | woman's name |
United States birth data
317 male · 5,161 female · 5,478 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 3.4% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Shannan a male or female name?
Shannan is classified as a 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 Shannan in an email?
If you do not know Shannan’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Shannan,” in English, “Guten Tag Shannan,” 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 Shannan a unisex name?
Shannan 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
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.
DearWho, "Is Shannan a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/shannan. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_shannan,
title = {Is Shannan a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/shannan},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}