Dunne

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʌn/

Homophones: done, dun

Proper noun

Dunne (plural Dunnes)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dunne is the 3974^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8941 individuals. Dunne is most common among White (93.26%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dunne”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 500.

Anagrams

• unend