Varun

Where Varun comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit वरुण (váruṇa, “Varuna”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Varun
Along the way
  1. 1981
    First appearance
    #6,262 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2004
    Peak, #1,090
    145 babies named Varun — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2011
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,927.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.