# Dunne

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /dʌn/ · frequency rank #27,820

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.

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

## Easily confused with
- **dupe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dunne-vs-dupe)
- **dunno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dunne-vs-dunno)
- **due** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/due-vs-dunne)
- **dun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dun-vs-dunne)
- **done** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/done-vs-dunne)
- **dude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dude-vs-dunne)
- **duke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duke-vs-dunne)
- **Dunn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dunn-vs-dunne)
- **dunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dunk-vs-dunne)
- **dine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dine-vs-dunne)
- **Dane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dane-vs-dunne)
- **dune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dune-vs-dunne)
- **dung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dung-vs-dunne)
- **dance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dance-vs-dunne)
- **Danny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danny-vs-dunne)
- **drone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drone-vs-dunne)
- **dense** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dense-vs-dunne)
- **donna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/donna-vs-dunne)
- **Diane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diane-vs-dunne)
- **Dante** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dante-vs-dunne)

## Common misspellings (4)
`ddunne`, `dnune`, `dunen`, `udnne`

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