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All over the world, 臣 (臣 , Sîn
, 신
, along with others...) is a common principally male, but very seldom girly forename. The given name 臣 is habitual in China, where it is quite a rare predominantly masculine, but scarcely feminine name, Algeria, where it is quite a rare mostly female, but uncommonly masculine name, and Tunisia, where it is a rare epicene name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in China, Algeria, and Vietnam. More frequently, 臣 is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| 臣 | China |
| Sîn | Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco |
| 신 | South Korea |
| Sàn | Tunisia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Algeria, Morocco |
| Thần | Vietnam |
| Chén | Myanmar, Guatemala, Taiwan, Vietnam, China |
臣 is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Huang Xin , the Water Margin character; An Chen , the Jin Ping Mei character and Bao Xin , the fictional Han dynasty general, figure in Romance of the Three Kingdoms.