Given name · also Sanskrit
Tarun
“a youthful man”
Tarun is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “a youthful man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “a youthful man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Sanskrit.
How it developed
The name draws on Sanskrit taruna, meaning “young, tender”.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tarun through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 848
- 848 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 63 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,836 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −69%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,836 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 63 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,318 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.
Tarun’s family of names
Tarun has a related form in Taran. Tarun has a related form in Tarin. Tarun has a related form in Taroon.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Tarun
- Tarun TejpalIndian journalistborn 1963
- Tarun MajumdarIndian film director (1931–2022)
- Tarun Konabadminton playerborn 1989
- Tarun MansukhaniIndian film directorborn 1950
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Tarun, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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