as a Last Name
- 14,735
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Nunn
Meaning & Origins
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).
| 2,130th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 14,735
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Kentucky
- has the most people named Nunn per capita
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