Shan
[ʃæn]Meaning
anglicized form of Si n; also from Chinese 山 "mountain" or 珊 "coral"
Background Story
Behind the Name records Shan as an anglicized form of Si n, and separately as a name from Chinese 山 (shān) meaning "mountain", 珊 (shān) meaning "coral", or other characters pronounced similarly. Wiktionary records Shan as an English word from Burmese ရှမ်း, itself from Thai สยาม, a doublet of Siam, and as a romanization of Mandarin 陝／陕 (shǎn).
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