The story
- Old English · derived frompinca“finch”
- English todayPankhurst
Habitational, perhaps from Pinkhurst in Slinfold or Pinkhurst Farm in Abinger, from Old English pinca (“finch”) or a personal name derived from it + hyrst (“hillock copse”). Alternatively perhaps from Pankhurst (Surrey), of obscure origin.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.