Släkthistoria för Preen
Preen Vad efternamn betyder
from Church Preen (Shrops) which is recorded as Prene in 1086 Prona in 1255 and Preone in about 129 The place-name derives from Old English prēon ‘pin clasp’ which according to Place-Names of Shrops was ‘presumably used of some as yet unidentified landscape feature’.occasionally perhaps from Middle English prene ‘pin clasp’ (Old English prēon) perhaps for a tall thin person with a small head or for one who wore a distinctive pin or brooch or who made or sold such items.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
