Given name & surname
Lun
“having great strength; one who is warlike”
Lun is a variant of Lunn. One interpretation is “having great strength; one who is warlike.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lun is a variant of Lunn. One interpretation is “having great strength; one who is warlike.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2012. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lun through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 146
- 0 boys · 146 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,576 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −8%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,576 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 7.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 739 as a first name in 2020; 1,562 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lun
- Cai LunChinese official credited with inventing paper (died 121)48–121
- Sima LunPrince of Zhao and Jin dynasty usurper (died 301)240–301
Characters named Lun: Wang Lun (Water Margin).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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