# Dunn

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /dʌn/ · frequency rank #11,689

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.
2. A number of places in the United States:
3. A number of places in the United States:
4. A number of places in the United States:
5. A number of places in the United States:
6. A number of places in the United States:
7. A number of places in the United States:

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

## Easily confused with
- **duo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dunn-vs-duo)
- **dup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dunn-vs-dup)
- **dur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dunn-vs-dur)
- **duty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dunn-vs-duty)
- **dust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dunn-vs-dust)
- **dusk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dunn-vs-dusk)
- **dupe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dunn-vs-dupe)
- **dura** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dunn-vs-dura)
- **dunno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dunn-vs-dunno)
- **Duran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dunn-vs-duran)
- **Dunne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dunn-vs-dunne)
- **due** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/due-vs-dunn)
- **don** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/don-vs-dunn)
- **dan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dan-vs-dunn)
- **DNA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dna-vs-dunn)
- **den** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/den-vs-dunn)
- **dug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dug-vs-dunn)
- **dub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dub-vs-dunn)
- **duh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duh-vs-dunn)
- **DNC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dnc-vs-dunn)

## Common misspellings (3)
`ddunn`, `dnun`, `udnn`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dunn