Save Gender Feminine & Masculine Usage Chinese Scripts 山, 珊, etc.(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /ʂan/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 山 (shān) meaning "mountain", 珊 (shān) meaning "coral", or other characters that are pronounced similarly. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Other Languages & CulturesSơn(Vietnamese) Other ReadingsYamato(Japanese) Same SpellingShan 1User SubmissionShan PopularityDetails Last ranked #894 in 1969 United States Categories landforms, mountains