Aun
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 7 babies a year in England and Wales.
Aun by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Aun. In the US, 5 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 6 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Aun
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Aun. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Anpeace, safety15 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arundawn, sunrise, the sun11 in England and Wales (2025)
- Amunthe hidden one; ancient deity11 in the US (2017)
- Aumsacred syllable representing ultimate reality5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aounsupport or pillar4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aung5 in the US (2017)