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Sun 1
Gender Masculine & Feminine
Pronounced Pron. /ˈsʌn/  [key·simplify]
Other Forms FormsSunn

Meaning & History

Directly taken from the English word sun which is ultimately derived from Middle English sunne. From Old English sunne (“sun; the Sun”), from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from the heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European *sh̥₂uén (“sun; the Sun”), oblique form of *sóh₂wl̥.

In the USA, 14 boys and 5 girls were named SUN in 2018.
Added 4/12/2016 by cutenose
Edited 6/19/2020 by Mike C, LionB3 and cutenose

Sun 2
Gender Masculine & Feminine
Scripts 孙, 笋, 隼, 荪, etc.(Chinese)
Pronounced Pron. SAN  [key]

Meaning & History

From Chinese 孙 (sūn) meaning "grandson/descendant", 笋 (sǔn) meaning "bamboo shoot", 隼 (sǔn) meaning "falcon", 荪 (sūn) meaning "fragrant grass" or any other Chinese character with the same pronunciation.

It can also be transferred from the surname Sun.
Added 3/27/2020 by LionB3
Edited 3/31/2020 by Mike C


See Also

Sun, and user submission Sṳ̀n