Släkthistoria för Dunn
Dunn Vad efternamn betyder
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duinn Ó Doinn ‘descendant of Donn’ a byname meaning ‘brown-haired’ or ‘chieftain’. Compare Dunne. This name has sometimes been Anglicized as Brown. English: nickname for a dark complexioned or swarthy man from Middle English dun ‘dun dark’ (Old English dunn ‘dull brown’). Scottish: habitational name from Dun in Angus named with Gaelic dùn ‘fort’. Compare Dun. German (Dünn): nickname for a thin slender person from Middle High German dünne ‘thin small slight weak’. Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 鄧 see Deng.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
