Arun Forename
463rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,550,310 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates
Arun Forename User-submission:
The name Arun means 'red', 'dawn', 'sun'. It is a male given name of Indian origin. In Sanskrit it means 'dawn' and symbolizes the rich, red, and earthy colors, that appear as the morning sun takes its place in the sky.
Arun Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 100% | 1,343,634 | 1:904 | 63 |
| Thailand | 80% | 122,569 | 1:572 | 48 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 14,548 | 1:492 | 55 |
| Bangladesh | 96% | 12,372 | 1:12,889 | 1,614 |
| United States | 100% | 9,636 | 1:37,623 | 2,358 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 6,653 | 1:3,126 | 542 |
| Oman | - | 5,376 | 1:764 | 103 |
| Poland | 95% | 3,864 | 1:9,841 | 454 |
| Canada | 89% | 3,846 | 1:8,615 | 1,066 |
| Mozambique | - | 3,840 | 1:7,095 | 1,242 |
| England | 100% | 3,774 | 1:14,733 | 1,027 |
| Kuwait | - | 2,498 | 1:1,515 | 219 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 2,433 | 1:106,027 | 11,785 |
| Sudan | 100% | 1,983 | 1:19,066 | 1,940 |
| Bahrain | - | 1,524 | 1:885 | 147 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,515 | 1:20,338 | 2,686 |
| Malaysia | 96% | 1,155 | 1:26,364 | 2,509 |
| Australia | - | 1,108 | 1:12,326 | 1,056 |
| Ghana | - | 730 | 1:36,967 | 2,200 |
| New Zealand | - | 680 | 1:6,671 | 841 |
| Fiji | - | 662 | 1:1,348 | 344 |
| Singapore | 100% | 582 | 1:10,802 | 1,915 |
| Cambodia | 77% | 520 | 1:31,295 | 2,348 |
| Nepal | 100% | 471 | 1:60,483 | 4,077 |
| Germany | 100% | 354 | 1:273,101 | 3,699 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 240 | 1:70,425 | 4,211 |
| Egypt | 100% | 217 | 1:423,507 | 12,330 |
| Suriname | 100% | 197 | 1:2,806 | 651 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 196 | 1:10,667 | 1,447 |
| Bhutan | 98% | 134 | 1:6,156 | 444 |
| Sweden | 87% | 130 | 1:75,830 | 3,530 |
| Romania | 100% | 125 | 1:160,416 | 6,013 |
| Pakistan | 51% | 122 | 1:1,593,096 | 23,608 |
| South Africa | 100% | 114 | 1:478,357 | 23,235 |
| Japan | - | 113 | 1:1,132,620 | 15,780 |
| Scotland | 97% | 112 | 1:47,771 | 1,536 |
| Kenya | 100% | 106 | 1:436,860 | 12,915 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 104 | 1:78,976 | 2,778 |
| Taiwan | 55% | 101 | 1:235,343 | 19,400 |
| Nigeria | 75% | 86 | 1:2,064,702 | 41,042 |
| Malawi | - | 85 | 1:201,321 | 8,458 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 81 | 1:16,808 | 2,111 |
| Spain | 100% | 79 | 1:588,987 | 6,881 |
| Wales | 100% | 72 | 1:42,977 | 1,614 |
| Russia | 91% | 71 | 1:2,031,461 | 13,668 |
| Hong Kong | - | 67 | 1:115,712 | 2,893 |
| France | 100% | 66 | 1:1,007,126 | 7,876 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 51 | 1:347,977 | 6,057 |
| Afghanistan | 79% | 50 | 1:652,470 | 9,656 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 50 | 1:119,466 | 7,352 |
| Ireland | 100% | 49 | 1:94,766 | 2,403 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 49 | 1:142,661 | 4,239 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 48 | 1:1,538,075 | 40,404 |
| Kosovo | - | 48 | 1:38,780 | 3,232 |
| Belgium | 100% | 44 | 1:261,137 | 5,641 |
| China | - | 44 | 1:31,046,722 | 61,111 |
| Philippines | 100% | 43 | 1:2,465,337 | 51,936 |
| Denmark | - | 42 | 1:134,512 | 3,493 |
| Mauritius | - | 42 | 1:30,900 | 2,306 |
| Norway | 100% | 40 | 1:128,308 | 3,796 |
| Iraq | - | 39 | 1:897,894 | 7,740 |
| Botswana | - | 37 | 1:59,039 | 5,548 |
| Brazil | 100% | 36 | 1:5,951,004 | 87,869 |
| Ethiopia | - | 36 | 1:2,710,004 | 9,023 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 31 | 1:336,493 | 11,264 |
| Qatar | 100% | 31 | 1:76,439 | 9,122 |
| Guyana | 100% | 30 | 1:25,442 | 2,915 |
| Turkey | 96% | 29 | 1:2,682,818 | 16,510 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 26 | 1:1,749,996 | 4,649 |
| Angola | - | 25 | 1:1,078,664 | 2,481 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 24 | 1:2,199,513 | 22,190 |
| South Korea | - | 23 | 1:241,062 | 8,475 |
| Aruba | - | 21 | 1:4,942 | 942 |
| Finland | 84% | 21 | 1:261,104 | 3,985 |
| Italy | 100% | 20 | 1:3,053,104 | 18,341 |
| Serbia | 100% | 20 | 1:357,286 | 4,336 |
| Mexico | 100% | 18 | 1:6,896,913 | 24,317 |
| Gibraltar | - | 14 | 1:2,438 | 470 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 14 | 1:7,839 | 1,133 |
| Bermuda | - | 11 | 1:5,893 | 898 |
| Belarus | 100% | 9 | 1:1,053,598 | 5,565 |
| Gabon | - | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Libya | - | 9 | 1:691,257 | 1,282 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Brunei | - | 8 | 1:52,446 | 1,266 |
| Chile | 100% | 8 | 1:2,200,901 | 14,453 |
| Iceland | - | 8 | 1:45,752 | 2,854 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 8 | 1:3,775,237 | 55,178 |
| Albania | 100% | 7 | 1:435,224 | 16,450 |
| Vietnam | - | 7 | 1:13,231,873 | 4,411 |
| Yemen | - | 7 | 1:3,756,679 | 4,348 |
| Austria | 100% | 6 | 1:1,419,034 | 8,656 |
| Croatia | 100% | 6 | 1:702,846 | 6,921 |
| Estonia | 100% | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Papua New Guinea | 50% | 6 | 1:1,358,719 | 89,225 |
| Zambia | - | 6 | 1:2,642,466 | 23,928 |
| Czechia | 100% | 5 | 1:2,131,232 | 5,044 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 4 | 1:460,786 | 2,461 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,410,736 | 23,569 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 4 | 1:5,402,626 | 68,032 |
| Ecuador | - | 4 | 1:4,431,730 | 16,276 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Jamaica | - | 4 | 1:720,807 | 13,486 |
| Luxembourg | - | 4 | 1:141,012 | 2,772 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Greece | 100% | 3 | 1:3,644,849 | 16,562 |
| Israel | - | 3 | 1:2,800,973 | 24,529 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Lebanon | - | 3 | 1:1,875,857 | 11,580 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Moldova | 100% | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Panama | - | 3 | 1:1,302,186 | 25,104 |
| Uganda | - | 3 | 1:13,652,307 | 74,436 |
| Uruguay | - | 3 | 1:1,142,546 | 10,015 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Hungary | - | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Liberia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,206,030 | 27,695 |
| Peru | 100% | 2 | 1:15,895,727 | 74,652 |
| Senegal | - | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 2 | 1:7,711,908 | 84,647 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Grenada | - | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Lucia | - | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
The alternate forms: Aruñ (2), Arün (1), Àrun (1) & Árún (6) are calculated separately.
Arun (26,593) may also be a surname.
Arun Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The name Arun means 'red', 'dawn', 'sun'. It is a male given name of Indian origin. In Sanskrit it means 'dawn' and symbolizes the rich, red, and earthy colors, that appear as the morning sun takes its place in the sky.
- akashaktriArun is an Indian male given name, which means 'dawn', 'reddish glow in the morning sky', and 'sun'. As per Hindu mythology, the charioteer of the sun is also named Arun.
- Forebears.io Manual SubmissionsThe name Arun means 'sun' in Sanskrit and other languages like Malayalam, which originated from Sanskrit.
Aruna is the female version of this name.
- arunvvargheseThis name comes from arun, which means 'dawn', 'reddish glow in the morning sky', 'ray of light' in Tamil.
- arne84Arun Forename Popularity
Arun Demographics
Arun Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 1,243 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Arun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Arun in the Russian language | ||
| Арун | arun | - |
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