Tunar

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Тунар in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, UA Ukraine, Tünar in TR Türkiye, CY Cyprus and Თუნარ in GE Georgia.

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 2 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◐

Tunar is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name264 records spelled Tunar5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Kyrgyzstan, Germany, Azerbaijan, Türkiye

  Languages: English, German

  Also written Tünar, Tūnar

• Kazakh given name84 records spelled Tunar6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Russia

  Languages: Kazakh, Kyrgyz

  Also written Тунар

• Bulgarian given name81 records spelled Tunar7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria

  Languages: Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian

  Also written Тунар

• French given name53 records spelled Tunar2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Azerbaijan

  Also written Tünar

35 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●

Tunar is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Spanish, to loaf; to bum around

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

• In Portuguese, to be idle or lazy

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

• In Romanian, gunner

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

• In Romanian, TUNÁR, tunari, s. m. Militar care servește într-o unitate de artilerie; servant al unui tun; artilerist. ♦ Fig. Epitet dat unui sportiv care are un șut foarte puternic (și marchează multe goluri).

  as a word·DEX online (dexonline.ro) - DEX '96 / DEX '98 definitions with etymology

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.

Notable people with this name●

• Şükrü Tunarb. 1907TRTurkish musician (1907–1962)

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 · 38 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Tunar?

We estimate roughly 531 people bear Tunar (counting its spellings and scripts) across 4 countries in our records.

In which country does Tunar have the most bearers?

Tunar is most frequently recorded in Azerbaijan, where it is most often spelled tunar.

How common is Tunar compared with other names?

In Azerbaijan, Tunar is the 87th most common given name of 28,867 given names recorded there.

Is Tunar a male or female name?

Tunar 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 Tunar mean?

Recorded meaning: From tun + -ar.