Pretlove

English

Alternative forms

• Pretlow

Etymology

From Middle English priken (“to stab, pierce”) + Old French love (“wolf”), perhaps a nickname for a hunter of wolves.

Proper noun

Pretlove (plural Pretloves)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Pretlove is the 17470^th most common surname in England, belonging to 279 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pretlove”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears