What is "dunn"

Dunn may refer to:

Places

• Dunn, Indiana (extinct)
• Dunn, North Carolina
• Dunn, Texas
• Dunn County, Wisconsin, county
• Dunn, Dane County, Wisconsin, town
• Dunn, Dunn County, Wisconsin, town

People

• Dunn baronets, three baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
• Dunn (bishop), an 8th-century English bishop
• Dunn (surname), an English-language surname

Taxonomy

There are 2 different instances where the last name Dunn is used to give the authority behind names of species:

• Emmett Reid Dunn (1894–1956), U. S. zoologist, mostly in the names of snakes, frogs etc. in the Americas
• Stephen Troyte Dunn (1868–1938), British botanist, mostly in the names of plants in China

Other

• Dunn Engineering, racecar makers
• J. E. Dunn Construction Group, a construction company
• Dunn Memorial Bridge in Albany, New York

The surname Dunn has several different origins. In some cases it is an Anglicised form of the Irish surname Ó Duinn, meaning "grandson of Donn"; the Gaelic Donn was originally a byname, meaning "brown-haired" or "chieftain". Another origin of the surname Dunn is from the Middle English dunn, meaning "dark-coloured"; this name originated as a nickname for one with dark hair or skin. Another origin is from a habitative name, derived from Dun in Angus, Scotland; this place name is derived from the Scottish Gaelic dùn, meaning "fort". Another origin is from the Gaelic donn, meaning " brown". __NOTOC__

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Dunn was a medieval Bishop of Rochester. He was consecrated probably around 740. He died in 747.

Dunn (first name and dates unknown) was an English cricketer who played for London Cricket Club in first-class cricket during the 1730s. He was evidently a top order batsman.