Etymology

Dunn

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Today it means: A surname from Irish. Full definition →

Irish Ó Duinn
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The story

  1. Irish · derived fromÓ Duinn“descendant of Donn”
  2. English todayDunn

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Duinn (“descendant of Donn”), a byname from donn (“brown, brown-haired”).

Words from the same roots

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