Around the world, Шовен (Chauvin 
, Шовен 
) is a rare gender-neutral forename. The first name Шовен is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare unisex name, France, where it is a very rare gender-neutral name, and the United States, where it is an extremely rare largely male, but infrequently female name. Predominantly, Шовен is the last name as well as the forename.