Släkthistoria för Peppercorn
Peppercorn Vad efternamn betyder
from Middle English pepercorn ‘peppercorn’ (Old English piporcorn) most probably for a seller of peppercorns i.e. a pepperer or spicer. Compare Spicer.alternatively in view of such phrases as ‘peppercorn sized’ and ‘peppercorn hair’ perhaps also a nickname for a little man or one with darkish complexion or hair.sometimes it may be a reference to someone holding land at a ‘peppercorn rent’ i.e. a token amount. perhaps from a lost or as yet unidentified place named from Middle English pepercorn in which case some examples from (1) may belong here. Alternatively the de in the early bearer example below may be an error for le in which case it belongs under (1).
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016