Khaldun as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Khaldun

What is the meaning of the name Khaldun ?

The baby name Khaldun is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced khal-DOON.

Khaldun is Arabic in Origin.

Khaldun represents the Arabic name Khaldūn, written خَلْدُون, the earliest form relevant to its use. Its base is the Arabic triliteral root kh-l-d, whose verbal stem khalada carries the sense of remaining, abiding, or lasting indefinitely; the related noun khuld denotes permanence or eternity. The ending -ūn functions here as part of a personal-name formation rather than an English plural, so the literal force is lasting, eternal, or immortal.

The name is best known from the North African historian and political thinker Ibn Khaldūn (1332–1406), whose family traced its ancestry to Arab settlers in al-Andalus before moving to Tunis. Usage is chiefly Muslim and Arabic-speaking, with transliterations varying by French or English convention: Khaldoun in Francophone contexts, Khaldoon in English-oriented spelling, and Khaldūn in academic romanization. Its Qur’anic resonance comes indirectly through the same root, common in words for eternal life and abiding.