Gun
loc · English · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Gun is a name, most frequently recorded in Germany. It appears chiefly in English and Hindi, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Americanized form of an earlier name after further reshaping; exact source unclear in OCR context.
- DEGermany1 in 51K◐
- USUnited States1 in 1.4M
- ATAustria1 in 39K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈2.4K ●
- Sources
- 138 ●
- 1 in 96K ◐
across 13 countries
15K records
Official registry-verified
Netherlands
Spellings & scripts●
Locally spelled Guen in NL Netherlands, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 7 more, Gün in DE Germany, TR Türkiye, AT Austria and 1 more and Gueen in PH Philippines, ZA South Africa, NG Nigeria.
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●
Americanized form of an earlier name after further reshaping; exact source unclear in OCR context
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | 2,200 | 2.8K rec. | — | listed | Gün | 55 |
| IN India | 1,683△ | 165 rec. | 1 in 788K | 1.7K | — | 20 |
| TR Türkiye | 462 | 458 rec. | — | — | Gün | 36 |
| US United States | 242 | 7.7K rec. | 1 in 1.4M | 331 | Gun | 138 |
| NL Netherlands | 180 | 314 rec. | 1 in 96K | 180 | Guen | 28 |
| AT Austria | 166 | 161 rec. | — | — | Gün | 12 |
| GB United Kingdom | 162 | 499 rec. | — | — | Guen | 50 |
| AU Australia | 145 | 758 rec. | — | — | Guen | 57 |
| MY Malaysia | 81 | 358 rec. | — | — | Guen | 28 |
| FR France | 62△ | 12 rec. | 1 in 1.1M | 62 | Guen | 5 |
| PH Philippines | 61 | 183 rec. | — | — | Gueen | 23 |
| BR Brazil | 56 | 0 rec. | 1 in 3.8M | 56 | — | 1 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English17K25%
- Hindi3521%
- Japanese1431%
- English (Singapore)531%
- Korean471%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 16,808 | 25% |
| Hindi | 352 | 1% |
| Japanese | 143 | 1% |
| English (Singapore) | 53 | 1% |
| Korean | 47 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Gun 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 English, A device for projecting a hard object very forcefully; a firearm or cannon.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, from ON Gunnr ‘battle’, or a pet-form of Gunnhildr; first attested Gunne 1142 NthCh (L); see GUNNETT
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In dag, short form of emphatic pronoun, ‘guna’ gun(i) pron
as a wordDagbani Dictionary CD
In Kurdish, testicle, ball, bollock, egg, nut, orchis, testis
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Yoruba, to be long (usually along a horizontal axis)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1945 | 9 |
| 1946 | 12 |
| 1947 | 15 |
| 1948 | 10 |
| 1949 | 13 |
| 1950 | 13 |
| 1951 | 15 |
| 1952 | 15 |
| 1953 | 12 |
| 1954 | 18 |
| 1955 | 14 |
| 1956 | 15 |
| 1957 | 14 |
| 1958 | 14 |
| 1959 | 11 |
| 1960 | 11 |
| 1961 | 12 |
| 1962 | 19 |
| 1963 | 12 |
| 1964 | 10 |
| 1965 | 7 |
| 1966 | 6 |
| 1967 | 7 |
| 1968 | 9 |
| 1970 | 4 |
| 1971 | 4 |
| 1974 | 6 |
| 1975 | 10 |
NO SSB — Navn (1880–present) — 28 years between 1945–1975. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Wang Geonb. 877KPnot in their usual namefounder of the Goryeo Dynasty (877-943)
- Kang Konb. 1918KPnot in their usual nameNorth Korean military leader
- Gun Zachariasb. 1927SESwedish writer (1927-2012)
- Bibi Johnsb. 1929SEnot in their usual nameSwedish singer and actress
- Gun Arvidssonb. 1930SESwedish actress (1930-2004)
- Goh Kunb. 1938KRnot in their usual nameActing President of South Korea from March to May 2004, Prime Minister of South Korea from 1997 to 1998 and from 2003 to 2004
- Shin Kuhnb. 1941KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean politician (1941-2015)
- Gun Hellsvikb. 1942SESwedish politician (1942-2016)
- Katharine Gunb. 1974GBtranslator and whistle-blower
- Ken Rheeb. 1984KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean naval officer
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●
Attested in 40 sources across 24 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 26K | #166 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 1999 | 24K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2000 | 24K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2001 | 24K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2002 | 23K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2003 | 23K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2004 | 23K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2005 | 23K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 16K | — |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 1.7K | #3,604 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 1.2K | #1,421 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 881 | — |
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 361 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Gun?
- We estimate roughly 2.4 thousand people bear Gun (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.
- In which country does Gun have the most bearers?
- Gun is most frequently recorded in Germany, where it is most often spelled gün.
- What does the name Gun mean?
- Recorded meaning: Americanized form of an earlier name after further reshaping; exact source unclear in OCR context
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gun”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.