Dunn

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Summary

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Origins

1. Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duinn, Ó Doinn ‘descendant of Donn’, a byname meaning ‘brown-haired’ or ‘chieftain’.
2. English: nickname for a man with dark hair or a swarthy complexion, from Middle English dunn ‘dark-colored’.
3. Scottish: habitational name from Dun in Angus, named with Gaelic dùn ‘fort’.
4. Scottish: nickname from Gaelic donn ‘brown’. Compare 1.

[Source: Ancestry.com]

Spelling Variations

Dunne

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Immigrant Generation

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