home > girl names > unn

Unn - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Unn
 
 


The girl name Unn [ syll. un(n), unn- ] is pronounced ahNN KEY. Unn has its origins in the Old Norse language and it is used largely in Scandinavian. Derived from unn which means 'love' ; unna which means 'to love'. The name was borne by a character in the Old Norse Laxdaela saga; known as Unn 'the Deepminded', she was one of Ketill's daughters, and the wife of Olaf the White.

Unn is uncommon as a baby name for girls. It is not listed within the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Unn include Ane (Scandinavian), Ann (English), Anne (English, French, and German), Aune (Finnish), Aine (Irish), Aman (Arabic), Ami (English), Amie (English), Ana (Portuguese and Spanish), Anais (French), Anaïs (French), Anna (Breton, Catalan, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, and Slavic), Annie (English), Anny (Polish), Anu (Estonian and Finnish), Ayanna (English), Iman (Arabic), Ona (Lithuanian), Aamina (Arabic), Ainhoa (Basque and Spanish), Aiyana (English), Allonia (English), Amaia (Basque and Spanish), Amani (Arabic), Amaya (Basque), Ameena (Arabic), Amina (Arabic), Aminah (Arabic), Amya (English), Anahi (Spanish), Anina (Czech and Italian), Aniya (English), Aniyah (English), Anniina (Finnish), Annina (German), Imani (English), Ioana (Romanian and Slavic), Iona (English and Scottish), and Ioanna (Greek).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Unn: AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


Popularity Trend
for Unn
from 1900 to 2007Variant Popularity Chart
for Unn
in 2007

Meaning of Unn