Pinnock

Pinnock is a surname. The name can mean little hillock from the Celtic pennuc or pennoc but also a possibility of a nickname of someone who may have resembled a hedge sparrow from Middle English. It originates from the Gloucestershire area of England and has been recorded as "Pinnok" as far back as 1248, other spelling variations to much earlier. Also associated with the English County of Cornwall, where there is a parish with the name St Pinnock, a variant of Saint Winnoc. There are many variations of this as Pinock, Pinnick, Pinnocke, Pennick.

Notable people with the surname include:

• Andrew Pinnock (born 1980), American football player
• Anna Pinnock, set decorator
• Arnold Pinnock, Canadian actor
• Chris Pinnock (born 1979), Jamaican hurdler
• Clark Pinnock (born 1937), Canadian theologian
• Ethan Pinnock (born 1993), Jamaican footballer
• Hugh W. Pinnock (1934–2000), Latter-day Saint leader
• Kath Pinnock (born 1946), British politician
• James Pinnock (born 1978), English footballer
• Jason Pinnock (born 1999), American football player
• J. R. Pinnock (born 1983), American basketball player
• Leigh-Anne Pinnock (born 1991), Member of British four-piece girl group Little Mix
• Pam Pinnock (born 1973), American author and publicist
• Sherene Pinnock (born 1987), Jamaican hurdler
• Thomas G. Pinnock (??–1914), Massachusetts politician
• Trevor Pinnock (born 1946), English harpsichordist and conductor
• William Pinnock (1782–1843), British publisher
• Winsome Pinnock (born 1961), British playwright