Sep 20, 2025
Dynna
Dynna is a short form of an anglo-Saxon masculine name containing dyn (thunder).
Reference:
Dynna [John Kemble 1839 Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici 1: 257; Henry Harrison 1907-1918 Surnames of the United Kingdom 1: 116].].
Stem:
dyn, dyne = noise, thunder [Charles Annandale 1895 The Student’s English Dictionary, 2nd edition, page 210].
Suffix:
— a = termination of pet names, such as Cutha for Cuthwine or Cuthwulf [William Searle 1897 Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum, page 1].
Usage:
An ealdorman called Dynna witnessed a charter issue by King Cenwulf of Mercia dated ᴠɪɪ kl. Ianuarii ᴅᴄᴄᴄᴄxɪɪɪɪ (now 26 December 813): “✠ Ego Dynna dux” [John Kemble 1839 Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici 1: 257 (number 203)].
