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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Dutch and North German : patronymic from the Germanic personal name Duno.
  • Dutch : shortened form of Van Duin, a variant of Van Duyne.
  • Dutch and North German : Dutch spelling of a topographic name for someone who settled near or in dunes, from Middle Dutch dune, duun. The German word Düne came as a loan word from Dutch in the 17th century, which explains the Dutch spelling of the German name.

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