Arun is a boy's name of Indian origin meaning “dawn in Sanskrit.” In 2024 it was given to 15 boys in the United States.
Arun at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Hindu & Indian
Meaning
“dawn in Sanskrit”
Pronunciation
/ɑːˈɹʊn/
About the name Arun
Arun belongs to the Hindu & Indian tradition. Its meaning — “dawn in Sanskrit” — is the sense carried by its Indian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Arun first appears in Social Security records in 1966. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1869 in 1979, and in 2024 15 babies received the name — 1,428 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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