# Pentland

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #63,134

## Definitions
1. A surname from Middle English.
2. A town in Queensland, Australia.
3. An unincorporated community in Kern County, California, United States.

## Etymology
Scottish habitational surname from a minor place near Edinburgh, perhaps from Middle English pent (“confined, enclosed”) + land (“land”). Another possibility is Cumbric *pant (“hollow”) or Cumbric *penn (“head, summit, top”) + Cumbric *lann (“enclosure”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pentland