The pinner Surname
pinner Name Meaning and History
- English and North German: occupational name for a maker of pins or pegs (or alternatively, in the case of the German name, a metonymic occupational name for a shoemaker), a derivative of Pinn, with the addition of the agent suffix -er.
- English: occupational name for a maker or user of combs, Anglo-Norman French peigner, an agent derivative of peigne ‘comb’.
- English: habitational name from Pinner, now part of northwest London, which derives its name from Old English pinn ‘pin’, ‘peg’ + ora ‘slope’, ‘ridge’, describing a projecting hill spur.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone from Pinne (Polish Pniewy) near Poznan.
- German: habitational name for someone from a place called Pinnan or Pinne.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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