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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (mainly Norfolk) : from an Old English personal name, Hun(n)a.
  • English : from a nickname derived from Old Norse húnn ‘bear cub’.
  • German : from the personal name Huno, a short form of a Germanic compound name formed with hun ‘Hun’, ‘giant’ or hūn ‘bear cub’ as the first element.

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