Shun
Shun is classified as a mostly male 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
- Mostly male
- Confidence
- Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- Japan, United States, China
- US records 1880–2017
- 865 male / 30 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Shun
If you do not know Shun’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Shun,” in English, “Guten Tag Shun,” 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 Shun,
German
Guten Tag Shun,
French
Bonjour Shun,
Spanish
Estimado/a Shun:
Chinese
Shun您好：
Japanese
Shun様
English
Hi Shun,
German
Hi Shun,
French
Salut Shun,
Spanish
Hola Shun,
Chinese
Shun你好：
Japanese
Shun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 |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | uncommon | man's name |
| United States | uncommon | man's name |
| China | rare | unisex name |
| Korea | rare | unisex name |
United States birth data
865 male · 30 female · 895 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 100% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Shun a male or female name?
Shun is classified as a mostly male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Shun in an email?
If you do not know Shun’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Shun,” in English, “Guten Tag Shun,” 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 Shun a unisex name?
Shun is classified as generally male 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 Shun a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/shun. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_shun,
title = {Is Shun a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/shun},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}