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Meaning & History
The first element of this name is derived from the old Lithuanian adjective šarus meaning "fast, quick" as well as "nimble, agile", which is derived from either the old Lithuanian verb šariuoti meaning "to go quickly" or from the old Lithuanian verb šarioti meaning "to run, to scurry". The second element consists of the (masculine) patronymic suffix -ūnas.In literature, Šarūnas is the name of a legendary knight of Merkinė in the 1911 short story Šarūnas, Duke of Dainava, which was written by the Lithuanian novelist and poet Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius (1882-1954).