Jun (じゅん, ジュン) is a Japanese given name used by either gender.

Jun
Junji Ito, Japanese mangaka
PronunciationJoo-n
GenderUnisex
Origin
Word/nameJapanese
MeaningIt can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Other names
Related namesJunko
Jun'ichi
Junji

Possible writings

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Jun can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

  • 純, "genuine/pure"
  • 潤, "moisture"
  • 淳, "pure/genuine"
  • 順, "obey"
  • 準, "conform to/consult with"
  • 洵, "truth"
  • 隼, "falcon"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the name

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  • Jun (musician), Japanese musician
  • Jun Akiyama (準, born 1969), Japanese wrestler
  • Jun Akiyama (秋山 淳, born 1973), Japanese video game developer
  • Jun Ando (安藤 淳, born 1984), Japanese footballer
  • Jun Aonami (蒼波 純, born 2001), Japanese actress
  • Jun Aoyama (隼, born 1988), Japanese football player
  • Jun Ashida (淳, 1930–2018), Japanese fashion designer
  • Jun Azumi (淳, born 1962), Japanese politician
  • Jun Endo (遠藤 純, born 2000), Japanese women's footballer
  • Jun Etō (淳, 1933–1999), Japanese literary critic
  • Jun Falkenstein (淳, 1969), Japanese-American animation director
  • Jun Fan (振, 1940–1973), martial artist, actor, philosopher
  • Jun Fubuki (ジュン, born 1952), Japanese actress
  • Jun Fukuda (純, 1923–2000), Japanese director
  • Jun Fukushima (潤, born 1976), Japanese voice actor and narrator
  • Jun Fukuyama (潤, born 1978), Japanese voice actor and singer
  • Jun Hatanaka (畑中 純, 1950–2012), Japanese manga artist
  • Jun Hayashi (潤, born 1972), Japanese politician
  • Jun Ichikawa (準, 1948–2008), Japanese film director and screenwriter
  • Jun Inoue (井上 順, born 1947), Japanese television personality, singer, actor and comedian
  • Jun Ishikawa (author) (淳, 1899–1987), Japanese author, translator and literary critic
  • Jun Itoda (潤, born 1972), Japanese comedian
  • Jun Izumida (純, born 1965), Japanese wrestler
  • Jun Kaname (潤, born 1981), Japanese actor
  • Jun Kaneko (born 1942), Japanese ceramic artist
  • Jun Kasai (純, born 1974), Japanese wrestler
  • Jun Kasama (笠間淳, born 1984), Japanese voice actor
  • Jun Kato (加藤 純, born 1980), Japanese tennis player
  • Jun Kawada (順, 1882–1962), Japanese tanka poet and entrepreneur
  • Jun Kobayashi (小林 洵, born 1999), Japanese footballer
  • Jun Kondo (淳, born 1930), Japanese theoretical physicist
  • Jun Konno (潤, born 1967), Japanese judoka
  • Jun Maki (準, 1948–2009), Japanese copywriter
  • Jun Masuo (遵, born 1986), Japanese actor
  • Jun Matsumoto (潤, born 1983), member of the J-pop group Arashi
  • Jun Miki (淳, 1919–1992), Japanese photographer
  • Jun Mitsuhashi (三橋 淳, born 1932), Japanese entomologist
  • Jun Miyake (純, born 1958), Japanese composer
  • Jun Mizuno (水野 淳, born 1974), Japanese footballer
  • Jun Mizusawa (潤, born 1989), Japanese voice actress
  • Jun Morinaga (純, born 1937), Japanese photographer
  • Jun Mochizuki (淳), Japanese mangaka
  • Jun Murai (純, born 1955), Japanese computer scientist
  • Jun Murakami (淳, born 1973), Japanese actor
  • Jun Nagai (純, born 1944), Japanese middle-distance runner
  • Jun Nagao (淳, born 1964), Japanese composer
  • Jun Nagura (潤, born 1968), Japanese comedian and actor
  • Jun Natsukawa (純, born 1980), Japanese gravure idol
  • Jun Nishikawa (JRA member) (西川 純, born 1950), Japanese communist and hijacker
  • Jun Nishikawa (footballer) (西川 潤, born 2002), Japanese footballer
  • Jun Onose (潤), better known as J, Japanese musician
  • Jun Osakada (淳, born 1974), Japanese sprinter
  • Jun John Sakurai (純), Japanese American particle physicist and theorist
  • Jun Sawada (born 1955), Japanese businessman, CEO of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
  • Jun Seba (淳, 1974-2010), Japanese hip hop producer
  • Jun Sena (じゅん, born 1974), Japanese musical actress of Takarazuka Revue
  • Jun Senoue (純, born 1970), Japanese video game composer and musician
  • Jun Shibata (淳, born 1976), Japanese pop singer-songwriter
  • Jun Shibuki (淳, born 1968), Japanese musical actress and performer
  • Jun Shikano (潤), a Japanese voice actress
  • Jun Shimizu (清水 純, born 1985), Japanese footballer
  • Jun Shiraoka (順, born 1944), Japanese photographer
  • Jun Suemi (純, born 1959), Japanese illustrator
  • Jun Tanaka (poet) (純, 1890–1966), Japanese poet
  • Jun Tanaka (chef), British Japanese chef
  • Jun Takami (順, 1907–1965), Japanese novelist and poet
  • Jun Takeuchi (潤), Japanese video game director and producer
  • Jun Togawa (純, born 1961), Japanese singer, musician and actress
  • Jun Ushiroku (淳, 1884–1973), general in the Imperial Japanese Army
  • Jun Yamaguchi (淳, born 1967), Japanese composer
  • Jun Yamashita (山下 潤, born 1997), Japanese sprinter
  • Jun Yamazaki (born 1956), Japanese diplomat
  • Wakanami Jun (順, 1941–2007), Japanese sumo wrestler

Fictional characters

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See also

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