habitational name from a place in Wiltshire named
Clench, from Old English clenc ‘lump’, ‘hill’, which seems also
to have been used of a patch of dry raised ground in fenland
surroundings. In some cases the surname may be of topographic origin.metonymic occupational name for a maker or fixer of bolts and
rivets, from Middle English clinch, clench ‘door nail
secured by riveting or clinching’, from clench(en) ‘to fix
firmly’.
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