Kunj
A boys’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning bower, thicket, shaded place.
Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Kunj by the numbers
Kunj was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 10 babies in 2000, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that mean a forest or wood
Like Kunj, each of these has a forest or wood in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Sawyerone who saws wood; woodcutter5,531 in the US (2017)
- Silasof the forest, woods3,309 in the US (2017)
- Lennoxelm grove or from the place of the elms1,200 in the US (2017)
- Emberglowing piece of coal or wood192 in England and Wales (2025)
- Henleyhigh wood or clearing670 in the US (2017)
- Keithforest; from gaelic cèith582 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kunj
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