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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish : habitational name from Pirnie in the Borders or from Pairney (recorded in the 17th century as Pirney, Pirnie) near Auchterarder in Perthshire. The place names are related to Welsh pren ‘tree’.

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