Pentland.
A surname from Middle English.
Meaning & usage
A surname from Middle English.
A town in Queensland, Australia.
An unincorporated community in Kern County, California, United States.
Where this word comes from
Scottish habitational surname from a minor place near Edinburgh, perhaps from Middle English pent (“confined, enclosed”) + land (“land”). Another possibility is Cumbric *pant (“hollow”) or Cumbric *penn (“head, summit, top”) + Cumbric *lann (“enclosure”).
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