Dunn.
A surname from Irish.
Meaning & usage
A surname from Irish.
A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Benton County, Indiana.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Texas County, Missouri.
A number of places in the United States: A city in Harnett County, North Carolina.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Scurry County, Texas.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Dane County, Wisconsin.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Dunn County, Wisconsin.
Where this word comes from
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Duinn (“descendant of Donn”), a byname from donn (“brown, brown-haired”).
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