The dunn Surname
dunn Name Meaning and History
- Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duinn, Ó Doinn ‘descendant of Donn’, a byname meaning ‘brown-haired’ or ‘chieftain’.
- English: nickname for a man with dark hair or a swarthy complexion, from Middle English dunn ‘dark-colored’.
- Scottish: habitational name from Dun in Angus, named with Gaelic dùn ‘fort’.
- Scottish: nickname from Gaelic donn ‘brown’. Compare 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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