Pratt

See also: pratt and PRATT

English

Etymology

Probably from French pré (meadow), meaning a meadow dweller; from Old French prat, from Latin pratum. Another proposed source is Old English prætt (trick, cunning, astute).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /pɹæt/
  • Rhymes: -æt

Proper noun

Pratt

  1. A surname known in England, Ireland, and Scotland.
  2. A city in and the county seat of Pratt County, Kansas.
  3. A mountain in New Hampshire.
  4. A town in West Virginia.

Derived terms

References

  • (etymology) The Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning, and History, by George Fraser Black, New York Public Library: 1962, page 671.
  • (etymology) Pratt, Prett, Pritt, in A Dictionary of English Surnames, by Percy Hide Reaney, Richard Middlewood Wilson, Routledge: 1991, page 360. →ISBN

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