does anyone know where the sir name venn comes from?

Question

where does the sr name venn come from

Answer 1

SURNAME. People judge you on your spelling. Old ones do, at least. Your peers probably don't.

http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx?ln=

Venn

English (southwest): topographic name for someone who lived in a low-lying marshy area, a variant of Fenn.

German: topographic name from Middle High German, Middle Low German venne ‘pit’, ‘moor’, or ‘water meadow’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

Answer 2

It's English.