Lunn as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Lunn

What is the meaning of the name Lunn ?

The baby name Lunn is a Unisex name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /lʌn/ ("lun", rhymes with "run").

Lunn is English, Scottish in Origin.

Lunn is generally traced to Old Norse lundr, meaning “grove” or “small wood,” carried into northern England and Lowland Scotland by Scandinavian settlers. The surname often arose from places named Lund, marking someone who lived by a grove. In some instances it may reflect Middle English lunn, “log” or “roller,” as an occupational byname linked to timber work. The resulting sense is nature-forward and grounded: “from the grove.”

Found in Yorkshire and Lancashire records from the 13th–14th centuries, Lunn remained chiefly a surname until its recent adoption as a lean, modern given name. It reads as gender-neutral and fits the contemporary preference for concise, surname-style first names. Close variants and cognates include Lund and Lunt in England, and Scandinavian forms such as Lunde and Lundén; Lundy is related through the same root. Unrelated lookalikes include Luna, which derives from Latin “moon.”

⚙ Lunn is extremely rare. Across 8 countries, we found just 22 recorded uses of it.