Gunning Family History
Gunning Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English personal name Gundewin (ancient Germanic Gund(e)win). Dutch: variant of Gunnink . Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Conaing ‘descendant of Conaing’ a personal name a borrowing of Anglo-Saxon cyning ‘king’. In Clare sometimes adopted for Ó Gamhnáin see Goonan .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022