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Shun name meaning

First Name
918
in the U.S.
since 1880
Last Name
246
in the U.S.
in 2010
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What does the name Shun mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Shun

User Submitted Origins

Japanese
68%
Chinese
24%
African
6%
Thai
3%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. 2 submissions from Italy and Qatar agree the name Shun means "Speed" and is of Japanese origin.
  2. According to a user from Colorado, U.S., the name Shun is of Chinese origin and means "Obey, submit".
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
verb Shun
To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice.

Etymology: OE. shunien schunien schonien, AS. scunian sceonian; cf. D. schuinen to slepe, schuin oblique, sloping, Icel. skunda skynda, to hasten. Cf. Schooner Scoundrel Shunt

Other Dictionary Sources
  1. Avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
    Synonyms: eschew
  2. Expel from a community or group
    Synonyms: ban, banish, blackball, cast out, ostracise, and ostracize
Wiktionary

From Old English scunian. Related to and from the same root of Old Norse skunde/skynde (“to hasten”), cognate with shunt.

shun was also found in the following language(s): Japanese and Mandarin

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Notable Persons Named Shun

Notable Persons Named Shun

Shun Oguri

Shun Oguri is an actor, voice acting, film director, and voice actor. His ongoing career started in 1994. Shun was born on December 26th, 1982 in Kodaira, Tokyo.

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Shun

Shun is royalty. His career lasted from -2233 to -2184.

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Shun Sugata

Shun Sugata is an actor. Shun was born on February 17th, 1955 in Yamanashi Prefecture.

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Shun Nishime

Shun Nishime is a model and actor. He was most prominent from 2014 to 2014. Shun was born on February 20th, 1998 in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Shun Fujimoto

Shun was born in 1950.

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Shun Nagasawa

Shun Nagasawa is a soccer player for the Gamba Osaka, Shimizu S-Pulse, Roasso Kumamoto, Kyoto Sanga F.C., and Matsumoto Yamaga FC. Shun was born on August 25th, 1988 in Shizuoka, Shizuoka. Shun is also known as Nagasawa and Shun.

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  • Shun Ng
    Musician
  • Shun Yamaguchi
    Baseball Player
  • Shun White
    Football Player
  • Shun Tono
    Baseball Player

Notable Persons With the Last Name Shun

Notable Persons With the Last Name Shun

Shun

Shun is royalty. His career lasted from -2233 to -2184.

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Andromeda Shun

Andromeda Shun is an animanga character.

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Yin Shun

Yin Shun was a religious. He holds the title Venerable Master. Yin was born on March 12th, 1906 in Zhejiang Province, Qing Dynasty. He died on June 4th, 2005.

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Wang Shun

Wang was born on February 11th, 1994 in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China.

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Noble Lady Shun

Noble was born in 1748. She left this life in 1788.

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Wyne Lay

Wyne Lay is a musician. She plays Piano, Guitar, Saung, and Human voice. Her most notable accomplishments were from 2012 to present. Wyne was given the name Wint Yee Shun on August 3rd, 1994 in 7.0.

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Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Shun U.S.
█  White 26.02% 64.26%
█  African American 4.07% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 64.23% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.00% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 3.66% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 2.03% 16.26%

Of Last Name Shun

People with the last name Shun are most frequently White or Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander

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Fun Facts about the name Shun

  • How Popular is the name Shun? Shun is the 11,498th most popular name of all time. As a last name Shun was the 77,788th most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Shun have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 918 babies born with the first name Shun in the United States. That's more than enough people named Shun to occupy the country of Vatican City with an estimated population of 800 (as of March 1, 2011).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Shun? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1925 when it was given as a first name to 5 new born babies.
  • When was Shun first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Shun is Saturday, May 5th, 1883.
  • What year had the most people named Shun born? The highest recorded use of the first name Shun was in 1980 with a total of 41 babies.
  • Random Shun Factoid: According to the 1981 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Shun is not a popular baby boy's name in Tennessee. Imagine that, only 6 babies in Tennessee have the same name in 1981.
  • Weird things about the name Shun: The name spelled backwards is Nuhs. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Suhn. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Shun? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 246 people with the last name Shun.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Shun? Chances are, most people haven't met someone with Shun as their last name since less than 1 person in 1.3m people have that last name. If you know one, consider yourself lucky!
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