Given name & surname

Dunne

“a brown-haired man”

Dunne is a variant of Dunn. One interpretation is “a brown-haired man.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Dunne is a variant of Dunn. One interpretation is “a brown-haired man.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Dunne comes from Irish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Irish Ó Duinn (“descendant of Duinn”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Dunne’s family of names

Dunne has a related form in Dunn.

Walk Dunne’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Dunne, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Irish

Durney

“descendant of Doireann”

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Irish

Dundas

“fort” · “south”

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Irish

Durnin

“descendant of Duirnín”

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Irish

Dunworth

“descendant of Donndubhartach”

No U.S. birth series

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Irish

Mccune

McCune is a surname from Irish.

No U.S. birth series

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Irish · Saints

Mcclune

“son of the servant of (saint) John”

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Irish · Saints

McLune

“son of the servant of (saint) John”

No U.S. birth series

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Irish

Dingle

“fort of Ó Cúis”

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Dunne’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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