English Explanatory Dictionary

Plunkett

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Norman.

Word forms

Plunkett Plunketts

Etymology

From the Norman habitational surname, from the village of Pleugueneuc, in Brittany, said to be from Breton plou (“parish”) (from Latin plebs) + the personal name Guenec, formed from gwenn (“white”). As an Irish surname, it has been Gaelicized in Pluincéid.

Derived words

Plunketts Creek
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