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The baby name Kun is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced {'Mandarin': "Kūn — /kuːn/ (approx. 'koon')", 'Korean': "Kun/Gun — /kʌn/ or /ɡʌn/ (approx. 'gun')", 'Japanese': "Kun — /kun/ (short 'u')"}.

Kun is Chinese, Japanese, Korean in Origin.

Gender: Male
Syllables: 1.0
Origin: Chinese, Japanese, Korean
Pronunciation: {'Mandarin': "Kūn — /kuːn/ (approx. 'koon')", 'Korean': "Kun/Gun — /kʌn/ or /ɡʌn/ (approx. 'gun')", 'Japanese': "Kun — /kun/ (short 'u')"}

What is the meaning of the name Kun ?

The baby name Kun is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced {'Mandarin': "Kūn — /kuːn/ (approx. 'koon')", 'Korean': "Kun/Gun — /kʌn/ or /ɡʌn/ (approx. 'gun')", 'Japanese': "Kun — /kun/ (short 'u')"}.

Kun is Chinese, Japanese, Korean in Origin.

Kun is a cross-cultural given name most commonly rendered from Chinese. As a pinyin spelling, it corresponds to several characters with distinct meanings, including 坤 “earth; receptive/feminine principle” (from the Yijing trigram), 琨 “fine jade,” 昆 “elder/kin,” 锟 “bright metal,” and 鲲, the mythical giant fish. The choice of character determines the name’s sense. Kun appears in imperial-era records and remains in steady use across Greater China; it is unisex overall but leans masculine in contemporary mainland usage. It may stand alone or serve as the second syllable in compound given names.

Beyond Chinese, Kun also survives as a clipped Germanic hypocoristic of names like Kuno, Kunibert, and Kunigunde, built on the elements kuoni “brave” or kuni “kin, clan.” Variant and related romanizations include Koon and Kuen (Cantonese/Toishanese); compare Thai Khun as an honorific rather than a personal name.

Kun has the following similar or variant Names

Famous people with the name Kun

Chen Kun Actor · Born 1976 · People's Republic of China Chen Kun is a Chinese actor, singer, and producer best known for the TV dramas Love Story in Shanghai and The Story of a Noble Family. Sometimes credited as Aloys Chen, he rose to fame in the early 2000s and has remained a prominent figure in Chinese entertainment. Cai Xukun Actor · Born 1998 · People's Republic of China Kun, better known as Cai Xukun, is a Chinese singer-songwriter and actor best known for his music career and reality show appearances. He took part in the first two seasons of Super Idol and later joined the boy group SWIN and its sub-unit SWIN-S in 2016.

Kun – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country Gender Year Rank Born of
KR Boys 0 #26 2 897
ET Boys 0 #27 1 678
MO 0 #46 7 2,706
CM 0 #56 1 2,592
MV Boys 0 #77 3 3,375
CN 0 #78 9 3,857
TW 0 #99 5 4,523
ID Girls 0 #100 3 3,319
SD 0 #102 1 2,130
GE Boys 0 #110 1 2,055
HU 0 #113 3 1,675
BN Girls 0 #114 1 5,459
MO Boys 0 #121 109 5,842
ID Boys 0 #130 6 4,130
BN Boys 0 #134 6 6,332
LT Boys 0 #151 1 2,166
HU Boys 0 #154 21 3,954
CN Boys 0 #165 179 9,639
MT Boys 0 #179 1 4,064
MO Girls 0 #180 72 7,056
LU Girls 0 #190 1 4,850
RU 0 #194 1 3,641
HU Girls 0 #208 16 3,308
TW Boys 0 #209 33 7,111
BD 0 #241 1 5,992
JP Girls 0 #249 3 6,592
NA Boys 0 #252 2 6,830
NG 0 #272 1 5,926
SG 0 #274 9 11,010
TW Girls 0 #283 7 8,139
JP Boys 0 #286 12 7,909
KZ Boys 0 #289 8 6,578
JM Boys 0 #292 2 6,876
CZ Boys 0 #303 3 6,530
SA 0 #312 1 10,560
MY 0 #314 17 12,352
CN Girls 0 #319 31 8,829
KZ Girls 0 #327 6 5,862
DK Girls 0 #329 1 7,429
PE 0 #329 1 6,350
DK Boys 0 #331 2 7,401
GT 0 #338 1 5,948
PL Boys 0 #338 3 6,459
HK 0 #339 10 8,483
MU Boys 0 #340 18 8,477
QA Girls 0 #341 3 15,378
CZ Girls 0 #350 2 5,378
SD Girls 0 #355 4 7,678
GH Boys 0 #359 3 8,138
MU Girls 0 #362 1 8,539
PL Girls 0 #364 1 5,096
JO Boys 0 #387 3 7,057
YE 0 #397 2 8,639
PH Boys 0 #405 4 11,440
BD Girls 0 #406 1 8,413
HK Boys 0 #407 124 12,905
EG 0 #409 4 6,387
UY Boys 0 #410 4 5,922
SD Boys 0 #415 31 10,523
OM Girls 0 #423 2 15,987
MX 0 #445 1 8,339
AR Boys 0 #477 7 7,628
GT Boys 0 #498 2 7,625
PA Boys 0 #501 5 9,305
CR Boys 0 #507 4 10,188
RU Boys 0 #518 9 12,621
RU Girls 0 #520 4 11,913
IQ Girls 0 #524 2 11,303
SG Boys 0 #530 169 17,960
CM Boys 0 #535 16 12,054
UY Girls 0 #536 1 6,731
SG Girls 0 #543 44 18,916
IR Girls 0 #545 1 8,334
PS Girls 0 #546 2 10,981
LY 0 #554 6 12,703
PS Boys 0 #555 7 10,655
KW Girls 0 #556 6 19,177
CM Girls 0 #560 1 11,671
HK Girls 0 #561 55 16,104
IR Boys 0 #561 5 10,162
BH 0 #583 5 17,937
AE Girls 0 #591 7 20,968
BD Boys 0 #603 3 10,045
BO Boys 0 #619 4 9,244
IL Boys 0 #622 4 10,983
AR Girls 0 #630 1 8,289
IL Girls 0 #644 2 11,648
IN Girls 0 #654 1 13,121
CL Boys 0 #656 10 13,390
IQ Boys 0 #656 12 13,071
LB 0 #687 4 13,263
QA Boys 0 #736 8 18,093
KW Boys 0 #756 14 18,755
SY 0 #767 1 11,684
BR Boys 0 #784 2 12,213
MY Boys 0 #794 329 25,439
TN 0 #802 28 13,765
Germany Girls 0 #829 10 4,949
EG Boys 0 #850 37 15,035
PE Boys 0 #868 11 14,506
OM Boys 0 #910 9 17,948
Spain Boys 0 #912 19 5,610
CL Girls 0 #915 1 14,098
MY Girls 0 #915 80 24,821
SA Girls 0 #922 14 25,931
Germany Boys 0 #929 24 5,697
NG Boys 0 #930 22 16,906
NL Boys 0 #935 17 5,873
NL Girls 0 #944 12 5,933
CO Boys 0 #975 7 15,656
IN Boys 0 #987 15 16,750
EG Girls 0 #1,009 1 14,742
MX Boys 0 #1,026 8 16,355
AE Boys 0 #1,076 17 22,615
MA 0 #1,079 50 20,986
DZ 0 #1,125 52 20,130
CO Girls 0 #1,152 1 16,140
ZA Boys 0 #1,160 19 25,619
TR 0 #1,200 12 19,440
ZA Girls 0 #1,233 4 25,928
IT Boys 0 #1,410 62 10,046
IT Girls 0 #1,427 20 9,415
SA Boys 0 #1,537 78 28,008

Kun is popular in 68 countries — most recent births per country:

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People also ask about Kun

Kun is predominantly a boy's name.
Kun is a one syllable name, pronounced {'Mandarin': "Kūn — /kuːn/ (approx. 'koon')", 'Korean': "Kun/Gun — /kʌn/ or /ɡʌn/ (approx. 'gun')", 'Japanese': "Kun — /kun/ (short 'u')"}.
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Koon, Gun, Geon and Kûn.
Kun is a name of Chinese origin, traditionally used in China. It doesn't appear in the major international birth registries we track, but it is an established name within China and its diaspora communities.
Yes — 2 notable people named Kun are in our database, including Chen Kun (Actor), Cai Xukun (Actor).