This is a surname which is most famous in Ireland but is ultimately of French origins.
Local surnames, such as Plunkett, were taken from the name of a place or a geographical feature where the person lived, held land, or was born.
The surname Plunkett is derived from living in the settlement of Plouquenet in Ille-et-Vilaine France. The surname Plunkett belongs to the large category of Anglo-Norman habitation names, which are derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads.
Some say that the surname Plunkett is a corruption of the Old French word blanchet, which means white. The Gaelic form of the surname Plunkett is Pluinceid.
It was found that church officials and medieval scribes spelled many surnames as they sounded. Therefore, during the lifetime of a single person, a name could be spelt numerous ways. Some of the spelling variations for the name Plunkett include Plunket, Plunkit, Plunked, Plunkidd and many more.
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