Pretlove
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English priken (“to stab, pierce”) + Old French love (“wolf”), perhaps a nickname for a hunter of wolves.
Proper noun
editPretlove (plural Pretloves)
- A surname.
Statistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Pretlove is the 17470th most common surname in England, belonging to 279 individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pretlove”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears