Arun
Featured in baby name books
Arun means “sun” in Hindi and Cambodian and “red-brown” in Sanskrit, evoking a reddish-brown sky.
Sources: Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book
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Usage of Arun in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Arun against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Arun is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Arun in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 12 boys were named Arun, making it the #6803 boys' name in the US. Since 1966, 1,440 boys have been named Arun, with the most (44) in 2007. It is most common, relative to births, in California.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Towns named Arun
There are 50 towns and villages with Arun in their name, in 13 countries.
🇹🇭 Thailand 26🇳🇬 Nigeria 7🇳🇵 Nepal 3🇾🇪 Yemen 3🇦🇫 Afghanistan 2🇴🇲 Oman 2🇨🇳 China 1🇬🇧 United Kingdom 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Ajegunle Arun | Ondo State, 🇳🇬 Nigeria | – | Map |
| Arun | Xinjiang, 🇨🇳 China | – | Map |
| Arun | England, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | – | Map |
| Arun | Oyo State, 🇳🇬 Nigeria | – | Map |
| Arun | Ogun State, 🇳🇬 Nigeria | – | Map |
| Arun | Ekiti State, 🇳🇬 Nigeria | – | Map |
| Arun | Osun State, 🇳🇬 Nigeria | – | Map |
| Arun | Osun State, 🇳🇬 Nigeria | – | Map |
| Arun Tunggai | Aceh, 🇮🇩 Indonesia | – | Map |
| Arun-Oloparun | Ogun State, 🇳🇬 Nigeria | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Arun songs
2 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Arun in their title. The best known:
- Ghanashyaam sundar shreeradhaa arun ayi – Manna Dey (1952)
- Navina Prate Ei Arun Alote – Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar (1982)
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
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