Given name & surname · also Middle English
Pentland
“confined, enclosed”
Pentland is a surname, possibly from Middle English (ultimately Cumbric).
Meaning & origin
What it means
Pentland possibly goes back to Middle English pent, meaning “confined, enclosed.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Pentland possibly comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Cumbric.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Possibly from Middle English pent (“confined, enclosed”), from Cumbric *pant (“hollow”), from Cumbric *penn (“head, summit, top”), from Cumbric *lann (“enclosure”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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