The pender Surname
pender Name Meaning and History
English: occupational name for an official who was responsible for
rounding up stray animals and placing them in a pound, from an agent
derivative of Middle English pind(en) ‘to shut up or
enclose’. Black and MacLysaght quote Woulfe’s opinion that in Ireland
this is often a reduced form of Prendergast.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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