Shin (しん, シン) is a common Japanese given name which is mostly used for males.

Possible writings

Shin can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 真, "true"
• 伸, "extend"
• 新, "new"
• 心, "heart"
• 信, "belief"
• 進, "progress"
• 慎, "humility"
• 晋, "advance"
• 紳, "gentleman"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the given name

• Shin Amano (真, born 1973), Japanese figure skater
• Shin Hirayama (信, 1868–1945), Japanese astronomer
• Shin Kishida (森, 1939–1982), Japanese actor
• Shin Kanemaru (信, 1914–1996), Japanese politician
• Shin Kanazawa (born 1983), Japanese football player
• Shin Kato (加藤 信, 1891–1952), Japanese Go player
• Shin Koyamada (真, born 1982), Japanese and American film actor
• Shin Kusaka (慎), a Japanese actor
• Shin Nakamura (中村 伸, born 1974), Japanese footballer
• Shin Ōnuma (心), a Japanese animation and theatre director
• Shin Saburi (信, 1909–1982), Japanese film actor
• Shō Shin (1465–1526), king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom
• Shin Takahashi (しん, born 1967), Japanese manga artist
• Shin Terai, a Japanese musician and producer
• Shin Togashi (冨樫 森, born 1960), Japanese film director
• Shin Tsuchida (土田慎, born 1990), Japanese politician
• Shin Yahata (八幡 真, born 1974), Japanese ice hockey player
• Shin Yanagisawa (信, 1936–2008), Japanese photographer
• Shin (シン), a Japanese singer (former member of the Visual-Kei band ViViD)

Fictional characters

• Shin Mitsurugi (御剣 信) a.k.a. Gregory Edgeworth, a character in the Ace Attorney videogame franchise.

Shin, a.k.a. Kaioushin or Supreme Kai, a character in Dragon Ball universe.