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Shushan

Shushan is a unisex given name: about 12% of people named Shushan are men and 88% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleLow
Male 12%Female 88%

We have limited data on this name. Treat the verdict as a lead, not a certainty.

Shushan · Shu Shan · Shu-Shan

Verdict
Mostly female
Male / female split
12% male / 88% female
Confidence
Low (fewer than 8 weighted country observations)
Most common in
Armenia, China
Also spelled
Shu Shan, Shu-Shan
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Shushan

To address Shushan when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Shushan," in English, "Guten Tag Shushan," in German. About 12% of people named Shushan are men and 88% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Shushan,

German

Guten Tag Shushan,

French

Bonjour Shushan,

Spanish

Estimado/a Shushan:

Chinese

Shushan您好：

Japanese

Shushan様

English

Hi Shushan,

German

Hi Shushan,

French

Salut Shushan,

Spanish

Hola Shushan,

Chinese

Shushan你好：

Japanese

Shushanさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Shushan by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
Armeniararewoman's name2%
Chinarareunisex name50%

Frequently asked questions

Is Shushan a male or female name?

Shushan is a unisex given name: about 12% of people named Shushan are men and 88% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Shushan in an email?

To address Shushan when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Shushan," in English, "Guten Tag Shushan," in German. About 12% of people named Shushan are men and 88% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Shushan a unisex name?

Shushan is not a unisex name: 12% of people named Shushan are men. Shushan leans strongly female overall.

Related names

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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, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Shushan a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/shushan (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_shushan,
  title  = {Is Shushan a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/shushan},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}