Pinnock

The name can mean little hillock from the Celtic "pennuc" or "pennoc" but also a possibility of a nickname of someone who may have resembled a hedge sparrow from Middle English. It originates from the Gloucestershire area of the United Kingdom and has been recorded as "Pinnok" as far back as 1248, other spelling variations to much earlier. Also associated with the English County of Cornwall, where there is a small hamlet with the name St. Pinnock. There are many variations of this as Pinock, Pinnick, Pinnocke, Pennick.

Pinnock is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Andrew Pinnock (born 1980) - American football player
• Anna Pinnock - set decorator
• Arnold Pinnock - Canadian actor
• Chris Pinnock (born 1979) - Jamaican hurdler
• Clark Pinnock (born 1937) - Canadian theologian
• Hugh W. Pinnock (1934-2000) - Latter-day Saint leader
• Kath Pinnock, Baroness Pinnock of Cleckheaton, (born 1946) - British politician
• J. R. Pinnock (born 1983) - American basketball player
• James Pinnock (born 1978) - English footballer
• Leigh-Anne Pinnock (born 1991) - Member of British four-piece girl group Little Mix
• Osbern Pinnock of Gloucester (1123-1200) - English monk and lexicographical writer
• Pam Pinnock (born 1973) - American author and publicist
• Saint Pinnock (generally known as Winnoc) (c.640-716/717) - a Breton or Welsh saint, prior of Wormhout
• Sherene Pinnock (born 1987) - Jamaican hurdler
• Thomas G. Pinnock (died 1914) - Massachusetts politician
• Trevor Pinnock (born 1946) - English harpsichordist and conductor
• William Pinnock (1782-1843) - British publisher
• Winsome Pinnock (born 1961) - British playwright

See also

• Penix (surname)
• St Pinnock, Cornwall
• Doug Pinnick
• Chris Pinnick