Given name & surname · also Celtic
Pendle
“hill”
Pendle is a surname from Proto-Brythonic, ultimately from Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Pendle goes back to Old English hyll, meaning “hill.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Pendle comes from Proto-Brythonic, and ultimately from Old English.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-Brythonic *penn, from Old English hyll (“hill”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Similar names
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“head”
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“fold, enclosure”
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“island; well-watered land”
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Peckham
“Peak” · “homestead”
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Patmore
“lake, pool”
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Padley
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Eppridge
“upland”
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Ponton
“hill” · “enclosure; settlement, town”
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