daunt means A surname from Middle English. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 73 out of 100.
daunt is pronounced /dɔːnt/.
Etymology
From Middle English daunten (“to subdue, intimidate”).
name
- A surname from Middle English.
verb
- To discourage, intimidate.“[The English] valiantly, and with the ſlaughter of many, put backe the enemy: which was ſo farre from daunting the Normans, that by it they were more whetted to re-enforce themſelues vpon them[…]”
- To overwhelm.