Given name & surname
Nun
“posterity”·“fish”
Nun is a masculine given name from Hebrew.
Original Hebrewנון
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Nun means “posterity” or “fish.”
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb nun (נון), “to propagate or greatly increase.”
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In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Nun appears in Exodus 33:11.
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Nun’s family of names
In Hebrew usage, Nun is a Roman-alphabet rendering of נון.
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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