The dunne Surname
dunne Name Meaning and History
- Variant spelling of Dunn; this is the usual spelling of the Irish name.
- German (Dünne): nickname for a slender, skinny person, from Middle High German dünne ‘thin’.
- German (Dünne): habitational name, for example from Dünne near Herford, Westphalia.
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