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The surname may be connected to one or more of three places in Britain: [[Prendergast, Pembrokeshire|Prendergast]] ([[:cy:Prendergast|cy]]), 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.
The surname may be connected to one or more of three places in Britain: [[Prendergast, Pembrokeshire|Prendergast]] ([[:cy:Prendergast|cy]]), 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.
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>
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>
In Ireland, Prendergast is regarded as a [[Hiberno-Normans|Hiberno-Norman]] name and is usually derived from a 12th-century [[Cambro-Norman]] knight, [[Maurice de Prendergast]], who was born in Pembrokeshire and came to Ireland with the Earl of Pembroke, [[Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke| Richard "Strongbow" de Clare]]. Many of Maurice de Prendergast's immediate descendants lived in [[County Tipperary]] and southern [[County Mayo|Mayo]]. Some assumed the name [[Fitzmaurice]] at an early date and some of the Fitzmaurices were later known as MacMorris.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://booksaliveo.8m.com/p/prendergast/prendergast.htm|title=The Book of Irish Families, Great & Small by Michael C. O'Laughlin; booksaliveo.8m.com|publisher=}}</ref>
In Ireland, Prendergast is regarded as a [[Hiberno-Normans|Hiberno-Norman]] name and is usually derived from a 12th-century [[Cambro-Norman]] knight, [[Maurice de Prendergast]], who was born in Pembrokeshire and came to Ireland with the Earl of Pembroke, [[Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke| Richard "Strongbow" de Clare]]. Many of Maurice de Prendergast's immediate descendants lived in [[County Tipperary]] and southern [[County Mayo|Mayo]]. Some assumed the name [[Fitzmaurice]] at an early date and some of the Fitzmaurices were later known as MacMorris.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://booksaliveo.8m.com/p/prendergast/prendergast.htm|title=The Book of Irish Families, Great & Small by Michael C. O'Laughlin; booksaliveo.8m.com|publisher=}}</ref>

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For the Welsh suburb, see Haverfordwest. For the former Catholic school, see Archbishop Prendergast High School.

Prendergast is a Welsh and Irish surname.

Variants of Prendergast include: Pender, Pendergast, Prandergast, Brandergast, Pendergrass, Penders, Pendy, Pinder, Pinders, Pindy, Prender, Prendergrast, Prendergest, Prindergast, Pendergist and the (Gaelicised) de Priondargás.

The surname may be connected to one or more of three places in Britain: Prendergast (cy), now a suburb of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales;[1] Prendergast, near Solva, also in Pembrokeshire,[2] and; Prenderguest, near Ayton, Berwickshire, Scotland. 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 burn-beat area. Others think the name is a Saxonized form of Bryn y Gest from the 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. gast) is of druidic origin like for the 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.[3] 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.[4]

In Ireland, Prendergast is regarded as a Hiberno-Norman name and is usually derived from a 12th-century Cambro-Norman knight, Maurice de Prendergast, who was born in Pembrokeshire and came to Ireland with the Earl of Pembroke, Richard "Strongbow" de Clare. Many of Maurice de Prendergast's immediate descendants lived in County Tipperary and southern Mayo. Some assumed the name Fitzmaurice at an early date and some of the Fitzmaurices were later known as MacMorris.[5]

People with the surname include:

References

  1. ^ "History of Prendergast in Pembrokeshire - Map and description". www.visionofbritain.org.uk.
  2. ^ http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10322613/boundary
  3. ^ Morgan, Thomas. Handbook of the Origin of Place-Names in Wales and Monmouthshire.
  4. ^ "Archaeologia Cambrensis, Third Series, Number XLI". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ "The Book of Irish Families, Great & Small by Michael C. O'Laughlin; booksaliveo.8m.com".
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