Dunn

See also: dunn, dúnn, and dünn

English

Alternative forms

• Doyne, Dunne

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dʌn/, [dɐn]
• (US) IPA^(key): /dʌn/

• Audio (Canada):

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• Rhymes: -ʌn
• Homophones: dun, Donn, Donne, done, Dunne

Proper noun

Dunn (countable and uncountable, plural Dunns)

1. A surname from Irish.
   • 2025 August 14, Anna Betts, “Alleged DC sandwich-thrower worked at justice department, attorney general says”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     In a statement posted on social media, Bondi said that the man, identified in court documents as 37-year-old Sean Charles Dunn, has since been fired. […] On Wednesday night, the FBI director, Kash Patel, said that Dunn had been charged with felony assault on a federal officer.

2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A ghost town in Benton County, Indiana.
   2. An unincorporated community in Texas County, Missouri.
   3. A city in Harnett County, North Carolina.
   4. An unincorporated community in Scurry County, Texas.
   5. A town in Dane County, Wisconsin.
   6. A town in Dunn County, Wisconsin.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dunn is the 197^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 141427 individuals. Dunn is most common among White (80.08%) and Black/African American (14.39%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dunn”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 499.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German done, from Old High German dona, from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch”). Cognate with German Dohne, related to Latin tenus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dun/

Noun

Dunn f (plural Dunnen, diminutive Dinnchen)

1. beam (of wood)
2. bowler hat

Synonyms

• (hat): Meloun

Old English

Etymology

From Old English dunn (“dark, dim”).

Proper noun

Dunn m

1. a male given name
   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     An. DCCXLI Hēr Æþelheard cing forðferde, ⁊ feng Cūþrēd tō Westseaxna rīċe, ⁊ heold XXVI wintra, ⁊ heardlīċe hē ġewann wiþ Æþelwald cing. ⁊ Cūþbriht wæs tō arċebisċeope ġehālgod, ⁊ Dunn bisċeop tō Hrofesċeastre.

     Year 741 In this year King Aethelhard died, and Cuthred ascended to the West Saxon throne. He held it for 26 years, and fought bravely against King Aethelwald. And Cuthbright was ordained archbishop, and Dunn ordained bishop of Rochester.