what is the meaning of the last name pendergrass?

Question

i couldnt find it on any website

uhh yah they definitely do have meanings

Answer 1

Pender
Usage: Dutch
Extra: Statistics
From Old Dutch penre, paenre and paender; these are the old names for the occupation of "brewer".

Gross
Usage: German
Extra: Statistics
Variant of Groß.


Groß
Usage: German
Extra: Statistics
From Middle High German groz meaning "tall, big".



Try this mine here may not be your answer but some name are after our ancester's ocupation. if you put these too name together

you could have what mean Tall brewer. That might sound funny but sometime that is how our surmans are made up.

look it up this way if you are unable to find a explanation.

Answer 2

pendergrass
English: variant of Irish Prendergast.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Prendergast
Irish: of Welsh origin and uncertain etymology. It is said by its bearers to have been the name of Flemish settlers in Normandy, who took their name from a lost place, Brontegeest, near Ghent in Flanders.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

Answer 3

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Answer 4

because its a last name, they have no meanings.

Answer 5

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