MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Arun mean?
Aruṇa describes the reddish dawn and is also the name of the sun's charioteer in Sanskrit mythological literature. Aruna is the corresponding feminine adjective with a long final ā.
Pronunciation
IAST: aruṇa
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अरुण
Letter-by-letter: aruṇa
Conventional spelling
Malayalam
അരുൺ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Arun in Indian usage
556,375 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (97.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 14,096 records (2.5%).
- Recorded as male: 542,279 records (97.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 826 |
| 1940s | 5,519 |
| 1950s | 25,308 |
| 1960s | 69,214 |
| 1970s | 113,398 |
| 1980s | 181,585 |
| 1990s | 159,971 |
| Other decades | 554 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 173,231 |
| Bihar | 167,074 |
| Kerala | 51,559 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 43,002 |
| Jharkhand | 35,177 |
| Haryana | 19,020 |
| Rajasthan | 15,256 |
| Punjab | 10,990 |
| Uttarakhand | 8,777 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 8,095 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 6,249 |
| Tripura | 4,022 |
| Delhi | 3,611 |
| Maharashtra | 2,583 |
| Assam | 1,617 |
| Chandigarh | 1,323 |
| Goa | 1,047 |
| Puducherry | 922 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 735 |
| Meghalaya | 476 |
| Sikkim | 410 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 334 |
| Mizoram | 255 |
| Nagaland | 157 |
| Manipur | 148 |
| Other states | 305 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Arun / M | 11 | 2,133 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Arun; Table_6, C2148 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Arun; Table_6, C2148
- Monier-Williams, aruṇa, p. 88,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: अरुण ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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- Behind the Name: Arun ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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- Behind the Name: Aruna ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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