Given name & surname · also Middle English
Pentecost
Pentecost is a surname from Middle English, ultimately from Old French and Middle English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Pentecost goes back to Old French pentecoste, meaning “Christian feast of Pentecost; Jewish festival of Pentecost.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Pentecost comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Old French and Middle English.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle English Pentecoste, from Old English Pentecosten, from Anglo-Norman pentecoste, from Middle French pentecoste, from Old French pentecoste (“Christian feast of Pentecost; Jewish festival of Pentecost”), from Ecclesiastical Latin Pentēcostē (“Christian feast of Pentecost; Jewish festival of Pentecost”), from Koine Greek πεντηκοστή (“Christian feast of Pentecost; Jewish festival of Pentecost”).
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Pentecost’s family of names
In English usage, Pentecost as a surname has a related form in PANCOAST.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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