Kun as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Kun

What is the meaning of the name Kun ?

The baby name Kun is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced {'Mandarin': "Kūn — /kuːn/ (approx. 'koon')", 'Korean': "Kun/Gun — /kʌn/ or /ɡʌn/ (approx. 'gun')", 'Japanese': "Kun — /kun/ (short 'u')"}.

Kun is Chinese, Japanese, Korean in Origin.

Kun is a cross-cultural given name most commonly rendered from Chinese. As a pinyin spelling, it corresponds to several characters with distinct meanings, including 坤 “earth; receptive/feminine principle” (from the Yijing trigram), 琨 “fine jade,” 昆 “elder/kin,” 锟 “bright metal,” and 鲲, the mythical giant fish. The choice of character determines the name’s sense. Kun appears in imperial-era records and remains in steady use across Greater China; it is unisex overall but leans masculine in contemporary mainland usage. It may stand alone or serve as the second syllable in compound given names.

Beyond Chinese, Kun also survives as a clipped Germanic hypocoristic of names like Kuno, Kunibert, and Kunigunde, built on the elements kuoni “brave” or kuni “kin, clan.” Variant and related romanizations include Koon and Kuen (Cantonese/Toishanese); compare Thai Khun as an honorific rather than a personal name.