Tun

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Din in IN India, US United States, MY Malaysia and 12 more, Tin in VN Vietnam, ID Indonesia, ตน์ in TH Thailand and Tanee in SE Sweden.

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 4 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◐

Tun is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name97K records spelled Tun7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Mexico, United States, Guatemala, Malaysia

  Languages: Spanish, Romanian

  Also written Tũn, Tuñ, Tün, Tùn, Tủn

• English given name16K records spelled Tun28 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Malaysia, Australia, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Tuen, Tün, Tuñ, Tũn, Tún

• Hindi given name14K records spelled Tun8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Singapore, United States, Malaysia

  Also written Tuñ, Tứn, Tün, Tùn, Tủn

• a separate given name6.5K records spelled Tun4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Malaysia, China

  Also written Tuṅ, Tuñ, Tún

• Turkish surname2.3K records spelled Tun10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, Malaysia, Singapore

  Also written Tün, Thun, Tũn, Tüñ

• Bangla given name1.2K records spelled Tun10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Malaysia, Bangladesh, United States

  Also written Trino, তৃণ, তণু, Tủn, Tũn

• French given name808 records spelled Tun7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Malaysia, Singapore

  Also written Tủn, Tüñ, Tün, Tũn, Tûn

53 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●

Tun 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 cdo, umns ； a pillar of the fttate; the four corners of an outer coffin ； name of a tree : in the coll. read tamg^ q.v.: tong) the rafters, the plate ； *tong^ iiiong (chi 【cAa《， abiUty to uphold a state. The rainbow, called *td ' long 、； it is supposed to be -, made of insects.

  as a word·An Alphabetic Dictionary of the Chinese Language in the Foochow Dialect

• In Akan, turn, s. t^mm, tuntuntum. o-t un t u m, black person. o-t un t u m a, the side of a house, pr. 3385. ntuntum6, a kind of locust; s. boadabi. tiintiin'ftnd, some part of the human skidl, opposed to, Le, most distant from, the chin ; wo t. ne wo mp^mpam' ne wo atiko ahyiae

  as a word·Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)

• In sit-pro, forepart

  as a word·StarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)

• In English, A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.)

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

• In Spanish, a Pre-Hispanic percussion instrument from Guatemala, consisting of a hollow wooden block with slits in the sides

  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) — 69 years between 1921–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Aung Tunb. 1942MMbadminton player
• Win Tun Hteinb. 1970MMbadminton player
• Zaw Tun TunMMbadminton 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 · 259 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Tun?

We estimate roughly 355 thousand people bear Tun (counting its spellings and scripts) across 16 countries in our records.

In which country does Tun have the most bearers?

Tun is most frequently recorded in Myanmar (Burma), where it is most often spelled tun.

How common is Tun compared with other names?

In Myanmar (Burma), Tun is the 6th most common given name of 9,034 given names recorded there.

Is Tun a male or female name?

Tun 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 Tun mean?

Recorded meaning: subst. si vb. a tuna.