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The nunn Surname

nunn Name Meaning and History

  1. English (mainly East Anglia): nickname for a pious and demure man, or an occupational name for someone who worked at a convent, from Middle English nunn ‘nun’ (Old English nunne, from Latin nonna, originally a respectful term of address for an elderly woman. The Latin word probably originated as a nursery term).
  2. German: from an Old High German personal name Nunno, said to be a nursery word.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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nunn Family Facts

Distribution of nunn Families in the US in 1920
Number of nunn families
 73-143
 25-72		 1-24
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