Pleasance

See also: pleasance

English

Etymology

From an Old French female given name Plaisance, from plaisance (“pleasance”). The surname is partly matronymic, partly habitational from the Italian town of Piacenza.

Proper noun

Pleasance

1. A female given name from French.
   • 2008, Sherry L. Ackerman, Behind the Looking Glass, page 32:

     Similarly, the verse at the close of Through the Looking Glass is an acrostic for Alice Pleasance Liddell.

2. A surname transferred from the given name.