Släkthistoria för Pen
Pen Vad efternamn betyder
English: variant of Penn. Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a clerk or penman from pen ‘pen’ or for a craftsman using pins from pen ‘pin’ (compare Pin). Breton (mainly Le Pen): topographic name or nickname from penn ‘head’. Alternatively perhaps a cognate of French Payen (compare Pean). Compare also Pene 2 and Penn 8. Slovenian: nickname or ethnic name of the same origin as German Böhm (see Boehm) meaning ‘Bohemian’ (i.e. ‘Czech’). Alternatively from an old short form of the personal name Pernhart an old South German variant of Bernhard (see Bernard). Cambodian: written ប៉ែន of Chinese origin (see Bin ).
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
