Run

loc · Latin script

Meaning: To move swiftly

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Run is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.6M(measured from records)
  • NLNetherlands≈1 in 104K
  • PLPoland1 in 339K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

205 people, 2010

Sources
104 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 104K (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

To move swiftly.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Run counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Run is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States2051 in 1.6M375Run104
NL Netherlands≈170 est.≈1 in 104K5—25
PL Poland1131 in 339K58—1
GB United Kingdom≈55 est.≈1 in 1.2MlistedRun33
AU Australia≈54 est.≈1 in 473K1Run39
CL Chile≈32 est.≈1 in 561K1——
EE Estonia≈4 est.≈1 in 351Klisted—1

205 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Run is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hindi name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written Rún, Rûñ

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Réunion, France

    Also written R-Un

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Rún, Rūn

  • Malay name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia

    Also written Ruñ, Rún

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Rún

47 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Run is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, v., péla, béla = wéla; run away, pime = wime = bime; run swiftly, gbéndé; run in streams, séndé

    as a wordVocabulary of the Mende Language

  • In Russian, dim of Runo.

    as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

  • ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Kirundi.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Vietnamese, to tremble, to shiver (due to cold)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In ang, whisper, counsel, consultation

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 31 sources across 17 countries.

Official registers attesting Run
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020250#81,574
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010205#90,113
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000172#97,848
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202658—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—58#45,023
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202655—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—55#47,232
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Run mean, and where does it come from?
To move swiftly. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Run have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 205 people named Run, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled run.
How common is the name Run?
In the United States, the national register counted 205 people named Run in 2010, about 1 in 1.6 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Run”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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