Aun
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AWN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
Aun is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “help, aid”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies).
What does Aun mean?
Arabic: spelling of Awn, used especially in Shia families
“help, aid”
Awn ibn Abd Allah, a nephew of Husayn ibn Ali, was killed at the Battle of Karbala in 680.
Is Aun a girl's or a boy's name?
Aun is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aun in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Aun, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2007, with 9 boys.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Aun in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Aun in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
Names like Aun
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn, Ali, Rowan, Zayn, Arthur, Rayan, Albie, Austin, Reuben, Ayaan, Ayman, Roman
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Yahya, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aun: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aun, updated 20 October 2026.