 Gurun derived its name from the word "gerun", which means terrify or "kurun" meaning elephant in the Siamese dialect.These words are associated with an incident during the reign of King Ekataat’s grandsons, Sultan Jaafar Mad Azam Syah, Sultan of Islamic Siam Kingdom of Ayutthia, who was killed in 1876 by the invading Thai armies when they crushed his body using an elephant.This incident took place behind the current Gurun Police Station.