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.
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