Arun

Where Arun comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit अरुण (aruṇa).
— Wiktionary's entry for Arun
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1966
    First appearance
    #2,986 among boys, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1979
    Peak, #1,867
    29 babies named Arun — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2021
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #7,089.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Sanskrit chiefly used in India.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.