English (mainly Devon): from the medieval female personal name
Peronel, Pernel, Parnell, a vernacular form of
Latin Petronilla. This is a diminutive of Petronia,
feminine of Petronius, a Roman family name of uncertain
etymology. It was borne by an early Roman martyr about whom little is
known.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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