Can you help me find the nationality of this last name?

Question

Can you help me find the nationality of the last name Dunay (pronounced Doo-nay)? I think it's French, but I'm not quite sure. I need an educated guess, not just a random answer. Thank you for helping me!

P.S: This is not my last name, so it's hopeless for you to try to stalk me.

Answer 1

Try Scotland.

Answer 2

It does sound French, but here's something you might want to check out: http://genforum.genealogy.com/dunay/mess...

Answer 3

http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Dunay-fami...

Dunay Name Meaning and History

Hungarian: habitational name for someone who lived in a settlement on the Danube river (Hungarian Duna). In some cases the name may simply be ornamental.

Ukrainian: see Dunaj 1.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Dunaj 2.

Possibly an Americanized spelling of the unexplained French surname Duné or Dunet, a habitational name from a place in Indre so named, from Gallic dunum ‘hill’, later ‘fortress’, ‘stronghold’.

Well there is the French.

Answer 4

This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the name as a surname, but there is nothing on the site for it as a christian name, sorry.

Dunay Name Meaning and History

Hungarian: habitational name for someone who lived in a settlement on the Danube river (Hungarian Duna). In some cases the name may simply be ornamental.

Ukrainian: see Dunaj 1.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Dunaj 2.

Possibly an Americanized spelling of the unexplained French surname Duné or Dunet, a habitational name from a place in Indre so named, from Gallic dunum ‘hill’, later ‘fortress’, ‘stronghold’.

Hope this helps.