English Explanatory Dictionary

Inkpen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU3764).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Inkpen Inkpens

Etymology

From an unrecorded Old English element *ing (“hill, peak”), which has been postulated to explain a number of placenames such as Ingon or Ingham, + penn (“enclosure; fold”). The second element may alternatively be Proto-Brythonic *penn (“head; top, height”), but that's less likely.

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