# Plunkett

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #36,711

## Definitions
1. A surname from Norman.

## 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.

## Common misspellings (11)
`lpunkett`, `pllunkett`, `plnukett`, `pluknett`, `plunektt`, `plunket`, `plunkkett`, `plunktet`, `plunnkett`, `pplunkett`, `pulnkett`

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