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Origin & history of Arun1
Bengali / Gujarati / Hindi / Indian / Malayalam / Marathi / Punjabi / Tamil / Telugu roots
Arun comes from the Bengali / Gujarati / Hindi / Indian / Malayalam / Marathi / Punjabi / Tamil / Telugu tradition, meaning "Sun" or "reddish glow".
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How popular is Arun?
1995
peak year
Today, Arun is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #5332), with only about 18 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1995, 44 babies were given the name (ranked #1919 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2000s. Arun has been declining in recent years. In all, around 1,428 babies have been registered as Arun since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations
1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
44
Babies named in peak year
(ranked #1,919)
(ranked #1,919)
18
Avg. per year
(last decade)
(last decade)
180
Total registrations
last 10 years
last 10 years
1,428
All-time total
(since 1880)
(since 1880)
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Numerology of Arun9
Life path number
The Humanitarian
Compassion, wisdom and humanitarianism.
🌍Humanitarian
🎨Creative
🌟Wise
💝Loving
A1
R9
U3
N5
Sum: 18 → Life path 9
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Personality of Arun🌍
Compassionate soul
They carry the weight of the world with grace.
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Richly creative
Deep feeling translates into deep art.
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Old soul wisdom
They've always seemed wiser than their years.
💝
Unconditional love
Their love is vast and forgiving.
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