“moon + day, sun”
From Turkic · Turkish, Azerbaijani
Unisex2 syllablesDocumented
Name element
What Does gün Mean in Names?
gün means “sun; day” and comes from Proto-Turkic. It appears in 2 published names on this site.
The Turkic word for the sun and for a day, written gün in Turkish. Wiktionary traces it to Proto-Turkic *kün 'sun, day', and in names it is paired especially with ay 'moon'.
Origin
Proto-Turkic *kün 'sun, day' (via Old Anatolian and Ottoman Turkish).
2 gün names for girls and boys
- “day, sun + moon”From Turkic · TurkishUnisex2 syllablesDocumented
Often combined with
ay (2 names)
Sources
- Wiktionary contributors. Wiktionary entry “gün”. Wikimedia Foundation, revision 93610583. Accessed 2026-10-28. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.
Supports: Turkish noun day; sun; daytime; inherited from Ottoman گون 'sun, day, time', from Proto-Turkic *kün 'sun, day'