Shan
[ʃæn]Meaning
anglicized form of Siân; also from Chinese 山 (shān) "mountain" or 珊 (shān) "coral"
Background Story
Shan is an anglicized form of Siân. It is also a Chinese name, from 山 (shān) "mountain", 珊 (shān) "coral", or other characters pronounced the same way, and it is recorded as a name in Vietnamese. In English the word comes from Burmese ရှမ်း, itself from Thai สยาม and a doublet of Siam, and it is also a pinyin romanization of Mandarin 陝／陕 (shǎn). The Chinese surname Shan is written 单 or 單 (Shàn).
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