Nunney meaning | Last name Nunney origin

The lastname Nunney is the variant of None. A person so called was buried at Wymondham; and as he gave nothing to the abbey, the following epitaph was made his memory:-
"Here lyeth None-one worse than none forever thought;
And because None, of none to thee, O Christ, gives nought."

The surname is variant form of None. A person so called was buried at Windham; and, as he gave nothing to the Abbey, the following epitaph was made to his memory:

"Here lyeth None, - one worse than none for euer thought;
And because None, of none to thee, O Christ, glues nought."

The Nunney is a form of Nunn. Descendant of a nun; descendant of Nunna meaning "monk"; a nickname giveen to a demure man.

The lastname Nunney is form of the Noon. Grandson of Nuadha meaning "an ancient sea divinity".

Nunney is form of the Nunn. An old Anglo-Saxon personal name. One Nun was a kinsman of Ina, king of the West Saxons-Nun, Inæ propinquus. "Ine and Nun, his kinsman, fought against Gerent, king of the Welsh." Saxon Chronicle. But the surname may have originated from a lapse of a vowess, for we find in the Hundred Rolls not only one Alice la Nonne, but also "Robertus filius ejus."