Given name & surname
Karun
“one who shows compassion”
Karun is a variant of Karu. One Indian interpretation is “one who shows compassion.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Karun is a variant of Karu. One Indian interpretation is “one who shows compassion.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Karun is a variant of Karu. An origin associated with Karu is Indian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1987. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Karun through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 16 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 279 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Karun
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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