Surname · also Old English

Inkpen

“head; top, height”

Inkpen is a surname from Old English, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Inkpen goes back to Proto-Brythonic *penn, meaning “head; top, height.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Inkpen comes from Old English, and ultimately from Proto-Brythonic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Proto-Brythonic *penn (“head; top, height”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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