Chun

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Chuen in TW Taiwan, VN Vietnam, ES Spain and 1 more and Chuñ in PE Peru.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Chun is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Chinese given name175K records spelled Chun5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia

  Also written Ch'Un, Chün

• Malay given name56K records spelled Chun3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, United States, Hong Kong, Indonesia

  Languages: Malay, Indonesian

  Also written Chuñ

• Korean surname43K records spelled Chun27 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in South Korea, United States, Malaysia, Hong Kong

  Languages: Korean, Malay, Polish

  Also written 천, Cheon, 춘우, 주천, 춘오

• Spanish given name42K records spelled Chun22 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Brazil, Hong Kong

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Chún, Chuñ, Çhún, Chûn, Chün

• a separate given name31K records spelled Chun7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, China, United Kingdom

  Also written Chu͏̈n, Chún, Chư̄n, Čhun, Chūn

• Hindi given name20K records spelled Chun7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Malaysia, Hong Kong, United States

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Çhüñ, Chuñ, Chün, Chùñ

72 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Chun is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Chinese, nonstandard spelling of chūn

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, Biblical name

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In Scottish Gaelic, to, towards

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Irish, to, toward

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In och, Be wriggling, moving, swarming; agitated

  as a word·Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 87 years between 1912–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Emperor Xianzong of Tangb. 778CNnot in their usual nameemperor of the Tang Dynasty
• Yi Tjouneb. 1859KPnot in their usual nameKorean diplomat (1859–1907)
• Sang Chun Leeb. 1954KRKorean-American billiards player (1954-2004)
• Jung Junb. 1979KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actor
• Kim Joonb. 1984KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean singer and actor
• Lee Joonb. 1988KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean singer, dancer, actor and model
• Mason Leeb. 1990USnot in their usual nameTaiwanese-American actor
• Wang Zhenb. 1991CNnot in their usual nameChinese racewalker
• Park Yeon-junb. 1997KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean figure skater
• Kim Junb. 2014KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean child actor born 2014

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 470 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Chun?

We estimate roughly 3.9 thousand people bear Chun (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Chun have the most bearers?

Chun is most frequently recorded in Malaysia, where it is most often spelled chun.

How common is Chun compared with other names?

In Malaysia, Chun is the 224th most common given name of 325,158 given names recorded there.

Is Chun a male or female name?

Chun is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Chun mean?

Recorded meaning: Chun Doo-hwan, former South Korean president.