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In the entire world, Taran (Taran , Таран , تاران ) is a common epicene given name. The forename Taran is habitual in Bahamas, where it is quite a rare masculine name, India, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, and Azerbaijan, where it is quite a rare girly name. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in India, Nigeria, and the United States. Also, Taran is the last name as well as the forename.
Taran is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Taran , the protagonist in Disney's The Black Cauldron and Taran , the fictional teenage boy, protagonist of The Chronicles of Prydain.