English Explanatory Dictionary

Pember

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old English.

Word forms

Pember Pembers

Etymology

Perhaps a habitational surname from a place called Pamber, in Hampshire. The placename is from Old English penn (“fold, enclosure”) + beorg (“mountain, hill”).

Related words

Pamber Pemberton
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