The
Pigott Baronetcy is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain.
Derivation and variants
The name Pigott / Piggott is derived from
Picot. The latter is recorded as a
given name in the
Domesday Book, but its origin is not clear. It may stem from the Germanic or Old English pic, a sharply pointed hill, being applied to residents living near such a feature, or could have been used for a tall, thin person as pic could mean a sharp or pointed tool.[1][2]William Camden suggested a derivation from
Old Frenchpicote meaning pock-marked, freckled.[3]
^Pickett and Pigott in A dictionary of English and Welsh surnames: with special American instances by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley, London, 1901.
Surname list
This page lists people with the
surnamePigott. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.
The
Pigott Baronetcy is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain.
Derivation and variants
The name Pigott / Piggott is derived from
Picot. The latter is recorded as a
given name in the
Domesday Book, but its origin is not clear. It may stem from the Germanic or Old English pic, a sharply pointed hill, being applied to residents living near such a feature, or could have been used for a tall, thin person as pic could mean a sharp or pointed tool.[1][2]William Camden suggested a derivation from
Old Frenchpicote meaning pock-marked, freckled.[3]
^Pickett and Pigott in A dictionary of English and Welsh surnames: with special American instances by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley, London, 1901.
Surname list
This page lists people with the
surnamePigott. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.