The nunn Surname
nunn Name Meaning and History
- English (mainly East Anglia): nickname for a pious and demure man, or an occupational name for someone who worked at a convent, from Middle English nunn ‘nun’ (Old English nunne, from Latin nonna, originally a respectful term of address for an elderly woman. The Latin word probably originated as a nursery term).
- German: from an Old High German personal name Nunno, said to be a nursery word.
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