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'''Prendergast''' is a [[Welsh people|Welsh]] and [[Irish people|Irish]] surname.
==Etymology==
This [[toponymic surname]] may derive from ''prender'' from a germanic word for fire or conflagration (cf. brand) where the ''b'' became ''p'' due to [[fortition]] and ''gast'' (cf. [[geest]]) from a germanic word for wasteland or dry and infertile land meaning the location could have been a [[wikt:burn-beat|burn-beat]] area. Others think the name is a Saxonized form of Bryn y Gest from the Welsh [[wikt:bryn#Welsh|bryn]] meaning hill and gest a [[lenition]] of ''cest'' which means belly or swelling or a deep glen between two mountains having but one opening. It could also lessly come from Pren-dwr-gwest, the inn by the tree near the water. The right etymology is probably Pen-dre-gast. The suffix ast (cf. [[wikt:gast#Welsh|gast]]) is of druidic origin like for the [[wikt:cromlech|cromlech]] [[chamber tomb]] of Penllech yr Ast (''the chief slab of the bitch'') or Llech-yr-ast (''Bitch's stone''), in [[Llangoedmor]], Cardiganshire or Gwâl y Filiast (''Lair of the Greyhound Bitch'') or Carn Nant-yr-ast or Llety'r Filiast or Twlc y Filiast.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Handbook-Origin-Place-Names-Wales-Monmouthshire/dp/1150347619|first=Thomas|last=Morgan|title=Handbook of the Origin of Place-Names in Wales and Monmouthshire}}</ref> Alternatively, the name may come from a lost Flemish settlement near Ghent, known as Brontegeest. Pembrokeshire had a significant Flemish population by the twelfth century.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://journals.library.wales/view/2919943/2996217/70|title=Archaeologia Cambrensis, Third Series, Number XLI}}</ref>
==People with the name==
* [[Charles Prendergast]] (1863–1948), Canadian-American artist
* [[Declan Prendergast]] (born 1981) Irish hurler
* [[Edmond Francis Prendergast]] (1843–1918), Irish-born Roman Catholic prelate and Archbishop of Philadelphia
* [[Frank Prendergast]] (1933–2015), Irish politician
* [[George Prendergast]] (1854–1937), Australian politician, 28th Premier of Victoria
* [[George C. Prendergast]] (born 1961), American oncologist and biomedical scientist
* [[Guy Prendergast (British Army officer)]] (1905–1986), British Army brigadier and Saharan explorer
* [[Harry Prendergast]] (1834–1913), British Army general, recipient of the Victoria Cross
* [[Ian Prendergast]] (born 1980), Australian rules footballer
* [[James Prendergast (disambiguation)]]
* [[John Prendergast (disambiguation)]]
* [[Kerry Prendergast]] (born 1953), New Zealand politician
* [[Kieran Prendergast]] (born 1942), British diplomat and former Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs at the United Nations
* [[Mark Prendergast]], Scottish 21st century actor
* [[Mark Prendergast (hurler)]] (born 1978), Irish hurler
* Mark Prendergast, guitarist for the Irish band Kodaline
* [[Maurice Prendergast]] (1858–1924), American painter
* [[Maurice de Prendergast]] ({{fl.|1169–1174}}), Norman knight
* [[Mick Prendergast]] (1950–2010), English footballer
* [[Mike Prendergast]] (born 1977), Irish rugby union footballer
* [[Mike Prendergast (baseball)]] (1888–1967), American Major League Baseball pitcher
* [[Paddy Prendergast (racehorse trainer)]] (1910–1980), Irish trainer
* [[Paddy Prendergast (hurler)]] (born 1958), Irish retired hurler
* [[Patrick Prendergast (academic)]], Provost of Trinity College, Dublin
* [[Patrick Prendergast (abbot)]] (c. 1741–1829), last Abbot of Cong and guardian of the Cross of Cong
* [[Patrick Eugene Prendergast]] (1868–1894), American assassin of Chicago Mayor Carter Harrison Sr.
* [[Paudie Prendergast]] (born 1960), Irish retired hurler
* [[Peter Prendergast (artist)]] (1946–2007), Welsh artist
* [[Peter Prendergast (hurler)]] ({{fl.|1947–1952}}), Irish retired hurler
* [[Peter Prendergast (referee)]] (born 1963), Jamaican football referee
* [[Robert Prendergast]] (1864–1946), British admiral
* [[Séamus Prendergast]] (born 1980), Irish hurler
* [[Sharon Marley]] Prendergast (born 1964), Jamaican singer, dancer and curator, adopted daughter of Bob Marley
* [[Segismundo Moret]] y Prendergast (1833–1913), Spanish politician, President of the Council of Ministers
* [[Terrence Prendergast]] (born 1944), Archbishop of Ottawa
* [[Tessa Prendergast]] (1928–2001), Jamaican actress, fashion designer, businesswoman and socialite
* [[Thomas Prendergast (disambiguation)]]
* [[Tom Prendergast]] ({{fl.|1976–1987}}), Irish Gaelic football player
==Variants==
Variants of Prendergast include: [[Pender (disambiguation)|Pender]], [[Pendergast]], [[Prandergast]], [[Brandergast]], [[Pendergrass]], [[Penders]], [[Pendy]], [[Pinder (disambiguation)|Pinder]], [[Pinders]], [[Pindy]], [[Prender]], [[Prendergrast]], [[Prendergest]], [[Prindergast]], [[Pendergist]] and the ([[Gaelicisation|Gaelicised]]) de Priondargás.
==In
The surname may be connected to one or more of three places in Britain: [[Prendergast, Pembrokeshire|Prendergast]], now a suburb of [[Haverfordwest]], Pembrokeshire, Wales;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8517|title=History of Prendergast in Pembrokeshire - Map and description|website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk}}</ref> [[Prendergast (Solva, Haverfordwest)|Prendergast]], near [[Solva]], also in Pembrokeshire,<ref>http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10322613/boundary</ref> and; Prenderguest, near [[Ayton, Scottish Borders|Ayton, Berwickshire]], Scotland.
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