Pendle as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Pendle

What is the meaning of the name Pendle ?

The baby name Pendle is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced PEN-dəl (IPA: /ˈpɛndəl/).

Pendle is English in Origin.

Pendle is an English toponymic name taken from the Lancashire landmark Pendle Hill. The place-name fuses Brittonic pen “hill, head” with Old English hyll “hill,” so Pendle itself carries the layered meaning “hill on a hill”; the modern phrase “Pendle Hill” is famously a triple “hill-hill-hill.” As a given name it reads modern and unisex, with a crisp, outdoorsy feel.

Found as a surname from the 1200s in northern England, Pendle seldom appeared as a forename until the late 20th century, when the surname-to-first-name trend brought it occasional use in Britain and North America. Cultural associations include the 1612 Pendle witch trials and the moorland of the Forest of Bowland. Variant spellings include Pendel and Pendell; related forms are Penley and Pendleton. Short forms: Penn, Pen, or Del.

⚙ Pendle doesn't appear in any of the birth registries or name datasets we track. It's the kind of name that tends to be rare, regional, or newly made up. However you look at it, very few people share it.