Tarun
Tarun means Meanings families give: Young, tender; Young, tender and youthful in spirit and energy; Young, tender, fresh, youthful.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | boy |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Language | Hindi / Telugu |
| Starts with | T |
Traditional associations
In Hindu tradition, names are sometimes chosen by the baby's rashi (moon sign) or nakshatra (birth star). This is cultural tradition, not a rule. Traditional rashi (by first letter, as commonly listed in this corpus) — not a personalized astrological reading, and not the same as the traditional first-syllable (akshara) method some families use.
- Rashi: Vrishabh
- Nakshatra: Rohini
- More names starting with T
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Young, tender; Young, tender and youthful in spirit and energy; Young, tender, fresh, youthful”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Ruhi — Meanings families give: Soul, soulful; Soul, spirit
- Raahi — Meanings families give: Traveller, one on a journey; Traveller, wanderer, free spirit
- Prashanth — Meanings families give: Peaceful, calm; Calm, serene and peaceful in mind and spirit; Very calm, peaceful, serene
- Vira — Meanings families give: Brave woman, heroine, warrior; Courageous, warrior spirit
- Nanak — Humble servant, spirit of the first Sikh Guru
- Anirban — Meanings families give: Eternal flame, the undying light of spirit; Eternal flame that never extinguishes; Eternal flame, inextinguishable
More boys' names of Sanskrit origin
- Reyansh — Meanings families give: Ray of light; Ray of light, part of God Vishnu
- Aryan — Noble, of high birth
- Krish — Meanings families give: Lord Krishna; Short form of Krishna, dark, attractive
- Aarush — Meanings families give: First ray of sun; First ray of the winter sun, calm radiance
- Arnav — come from the sea
- Viaan — Meanings families give: Full of life, energy; Full of energy, lively, animated
Other names under Vrishabh rashi
- Vihaan — Meanings families give: Dawn, morning; Dawn, morning, beginning; Dawn, beginning of new era; Dawn, morning, beginning of light
- Vamika — Meanings families give: Goddess Durga, moving to the left; Goddess Parvati, another name for Durga
- Vivaan — Meanings families give: Full of life; Full of life, rays of the morning sun; Full of life, Sun; Full of life, sunrise
- Tara — n. a star
- Vedant — Meanings families give: Ultimate knowledge; End of Vedas, the Upanishads and highest knowledge; Ultimate wisdom, end of the Vedas; Ultimate knowledge; Vedanta philosophy; Ultimate knowledge, Vedas; Ultimate knowledge, Vedanta philosophy
- Veer — Meanings families give: Brave warrior, courageous one; Brave, courageous; Brave, warrior, courageous
Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Vrishabh names.
Where this comes from
Tarun has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.