Penfold (surname)

Penfold, sometimes spelt Pinfold, is an English-language surname. The name Penfold can be found in written records dating back to the reign of Alfred the Great. In Middle English, a pinfold was a pound or an open enclosure for stray (or improperly supervised) domesticated animals.

Notable people with the surname Penfold include:
 * Adrian Penfold (born 1952), British planning expert
 * Alexander Penfold (1901–1982), English cricketer
 * Bernard Penfold (1916–2015), British Army officer
 * Christopher Penfold, British writer and producer in radio and television
 * Christopher Rawson Penfold (1811-1870), Viticulturist and entrepreneur of South Australia's wine industry
 * David Penfold (born 1964), field hockey player from New Zealand
 * Frank C. Penfold (1849–1921), American artist and teacher
 * George Saxby Penfold DD (1770–1846), a Church of England clergyman
 * Hilary Penfold (born 1953), Australian parliamentary counsel and judge
 * John Penfold (1828–1909), British surveyor and architect
 * John Penfold (priest) (1864–1922), British Anglican priest
 * Liz Penfold (born 1947), Australian politician
 * Mary Penfold (1820-1895), Viticulturist and entrepreneur of South Australia's wine industry
 * Mark Penfold (born 1956), English professional footballer
 * Merimeri Penfold (1920–2014), New Zealand Māori educator
 * Molly Penfold (born 2001), New Zealand cricketer
 * Morgan Penfold (born 1998), English footballer
 * Paula Penfold, New Zealand investigative journalist
 * Peter Penfold (1944–2023), British diplomat
 * Robert Penfold (born 1951), Foreign Correspondent for Australia's Nine News
 * William Penfold, early settler and founder of the village of Penfield, South Australia

Notable people with the surname Pinfold include:
 * Allan Pinfold (born 1929), ring name of Australian professional wrestler Johnny Gilday
 * Andrew Pinfold (born 1978), Canadian road cyclist
 * Elizabeth Pinfold (1859–1927), New Zealand activist for the Belgian Relief Fund in WWI
 * Francis Dewsbury Pinfold (1892–1976), New Zealand doctor and politician
 * Graeme Pinfold (1936–1986), Australian rules footballer
 * James Pinfold (born 1950), English-Canadian physicist