Penn

See also: penn

English

Etymology

• As an English surname, named after various places such as Penn in Buckinghamshire or Staffordshire, of Brythonic origin, from Proto-Brythonic *penn (“(hill) top, head”).
• Also as an English surname, from the noun pen (“enclosure”).
• Also as an English surname, spelling variant of Parnell.
• As a German surname, from Sorbian pien (“tree stump”), from Proto-Slavic *pьňь.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛn

Proper noun

Penn

1. A surname.
2. A village in Chiltern district, Buckinghamshire, England.
3. (informal) University of Pennsylvania

Synonyms

• (University of Pennsylvania): UPenn

Derived terms

• Penn effect

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Penn is the 1,849^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 19,409 individuals. Penn is most common among White (50.56%) and Black (38.50%) individuals.

See also

• Penn State

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Penn”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.