Save Type Surname (from occupation) Usage English, German Meaning & History Derived from Middle English pin and Middle Low German pinne, both meaning "peg" or "pin". This was an occupational name from a maker of these things. The German name can in some cases be an occupational name for a shoemaker.
Save Type Surname (from location) Usage English (British) Meaning & History A topographic or habitational name from a place named with Middle English pinne, meaning "hill" (Old English penn).