Unn

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Uenn in US United States.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Unn is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name223 records spelled Unn4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India

  Also written Ûnn, Ủnn, Ùnn

• Spanish name211 records spelled Unn8 spellings in the group

  Also written Ünn, Únn, Ûnn, Uńń, Ùnn

• Thai given name75 records spelled Unn15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Thailand

  Also written อัณณ์, อัณณ, อณัณ, อุณณ์, อัณณี

40 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Unn is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In non, second-person singular present active imperative of unna

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In kw, one (used before nouns)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Norwegian Nynorsk, imperative of unna

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Norwegian Bokmål, imperative of unne

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

NO SSB — Navn (1880–present) — 47 years between 1945–1995. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Unn Søiland Daleb. 1926NONorwegian designer (1926-2002)
• Unn Bendekeb. 1929NONorwegian translator
• Unn Stixrudb. 1936NONorwegian painter (born 1936)
• Unn Aarrestadb. 1938NOpolitician
• Unn Thorvaldsenb. 1943NOOlympic javelin thrower
• Berit Unn Johansenb. 1947NOfigure skater
• Unn Vibeke Holb. 1951NONorwegian actress
• Unn Irene Aasdalenb. 1963NONorwegian journalist, historian and contributing editor
• Unn Sollid Manskowb. 1969University Hospital of North Norway; University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway
• Unn Conradi Andersenb. 1972NONorwegian, writer, journalist and professor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 199 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Unn?

Our records include 92,591 bearers of Unn across 2 countries — a sample of the full distribution.

In which country does Unn have the most bearers?

Unn is most frequently recorded in the United States, where it is most often spelled uenn.

What does the name Unn mean?

Recorded meaning: From Old Norse unna (“to love”), a popular element in female given names. Possibly also from Unnr (“wave”), a daughter of the Norse sea god.