Jun

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Юн in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, UA Ukraine and 3 more, 준호 in KR South Korea, Junho in BR Brazil and จินา in TH Thailand.

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 5 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◐

Jun is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name102K records spelled Jun7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, Brazil, United States, Spain

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Jùn, Jûn, Jün, Jún, Juñ

• Malay given name42K records spelled Jun4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore

  Languages: Malay, Indonesian

  Also written 'Jun, Jùn

• a separate given name31K records spelled Jun7 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Juṅ, Jùn, Jůn, Jūn, Jün

• French given name10K records spelled Jun7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Philippines, United States, Spain

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Jûn, Jün, Juñ, Jún

• Danish given name4.0K records spelled Jun11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, United States, Norway, Philippines

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

  Also written Jûñ, Jün, Jűņ, Jūn, Jûň

77 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●

Jun 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 Korean, nickname for a lively young man, juny (ultimately cognate with French Jeune and English Young).

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In English, A monetary unit of North Korea and formerly of South Korea, equal to one hundredth of a won.

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

• In Korean, variant of Chong.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• Verdad

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• In Malay, June (sixth month of the Gregorian calendar)

  as a word·kaikki.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●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 85 years between 1918–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Jun John Sakuraib. 1933JPAmerican physicist (1933-1982)
• Jun Fubukib. 1952JPJapanese actress (1952-)
• Jun Kunimurab. 1955JPJapanese actor
• Lei Junb. 1969CNChinese businessman, cofounder and CEO of Xiaomi
• Jun Fukuyamab. 1978JPJapanese voice actor
• Jun Kusanagib. 1978JPJapanese pornographic actress
• Jun Matsumotob. 1983JPJapanese singer, actor, radio host
• Kim Joonb. 1984KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean singer and actor
• Lee Joonb. 1988KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean singer, dancer, actor and model
• Jun Mizutanib. 1989JPJapanese table tennis player

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 · 718 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Jun?

We estimate roughly 12 thousand people bear Jun (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Jun have the most bearers?

Jun is most frequently recorded in South Korea, where it is most often spelled 준호.

How common is Jun compared with other names?

In South Korea, Jun is the 2nd most common given name of 65,496 given names recorded there.

Is Jun a male or female name?

Jun is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Jun mean?

Recorded meaning: , 2 ‘Obedient’; as a female case, possibly referring to the English name pJune (see main dictionary).