Entry № 2681 · Other origin

Dunni Dunni — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ DOON-nee /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Other

Meaning

"Sweet to have"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "sweet to have".

Dunni is from Dùnní.

Sweet to have.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Dùnní

Transliteration: Dùnní
Pronunciation: / ˈduːn.ni /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Dunni stands.

Dunni does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Namesakes

Dunnis before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Adedunni / Yoruba aristocratic-naming

Yoruba sweet to have + diminutive of Adedunni + dùn sweet + ní to have + Yoruba sweetness-naming + Ile-Ife + Oyo Empire 1300-1896

Yoruba heritage

Names connected to Dunni.

Numerology

The number behind Dunni.

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Dunni reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.