Pigott (surname)

Pigott and Piggott are English surnames.

The Pigott Baronetcy is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain.

Derivation and variants

The name Pigott is derived from Picot. The latter is recorded as a given name in the Domesday Book, but its origin is not clear. William Camden suggested a derivation from Old French picote meaning pock-marked, freckled.[1] Another possible derivation from is from Pike, as in stick driven into the ground, originating from Somerset.

Pigot, Piggott and Pickett are variant forms.

People with the surname Pigott

People with the surname Piggott

Fictional characters

See also

References

  1. Pickett and Pigott in A dictionary of English and Welsh surnames: with special American instances by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley, London, 1901.
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