Dann

Family name origins & meanings

• English : topographic name for someone who lived by a woodland pasture, from Middle English denn ‘woodland pasture, especially for swine’ (Old English denn, dænn).
• Scottish : from a short form of the personal name Daniel.
• German and French (Alsace) : topographic name for someone who lived by a pine tree, from Old High German tanna ‘pine tree’.