Pigott and Piggott are English surnames.
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 unclear. 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. William Camden suggested a derivation from Old French picote meaning pock-marked, freckled."Pickett and Pigott" in A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley, London, 1901.
Pigot and Pickett are variant forms.
People with the surname Pigott Donald Pigott (1928–2022), British botanist Edward Pigott (1753–1825), English astronomer, son of Nathaniel, also an astronomer Eugene F. Pigott Jr. (born 1946), American jurist Florence Pigott (1878–1899), English operatic singer and ballet dancer Francis Pigott (1665–1704), English composer Francis Pigott Stainsby Conant (1810–1863), British politician Fred Pigott (1895–1979), British mountaineer Gwyn Hanssen Pigott (1935–2013), Australian potter Jean Pigott (1924–2012), Canadian politician Jean Sophia Pigott (1845–1882), Irish poet Joe Pigott (born 1993), English footballer John Pigott (c. 1550 – by 1627), English politician Marjorie Pigott (1904–1990), Canadian artist Mark Pigott (born 1954), American businessman Mostyn Pigott (1865–1927), English humorist, writer and barrister Nathaniel Pigott (1725–1804), English astronomer Nick Pigott (born 1951), British editor of The Railway Magazine Richard Pigott (1835–1889), Irish journalist and forger Stuart Pigott (born 1960), British wine critic Tim Pigott-Smith (1946–2017), British actor Tony Pigott (1958–2026), English cricketer William Pigott (1839–1909), English-born Zimbabwean politician William Trigg Pigott (1860–1944), Justice of the Montana Supreme Court
People with the surname Piggott Derek Piggott (1922–2019), British glider pilot Emeline Piggott (1836–1919), Confederate States of America spy Francis Taylor Piggott (1852–1925), British jurist and scholar of Japan Jim Piggott, Canadian ice hockey player, after whom the Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy is named Joan R. Piggott (born 1947), American historian Lester Piggott (1935–2022), British jockey Marcus Piggott (born 1971), Welsh fashion photographer Pércival Piggott (born 1966), Panamanian footballer Patrick Piggott (1915–1990), English composer, pianist and musicologist Rosslynd Piggott (born 1958), Australian installation artist and painter Stuart Piggott (1910–1996), British archaeologist Tracy Piggott (born 1966), British jockey and broadcaster working in Ireland, daughter of Lester Piggott Victor Herrera Piggott (born 1980), Panamanian footballer William Roy Piggott (1914–2008), British scientist
Fictional characters Owd Grandad Piggott, character on BBC Radio Stoke William Piggott, minor character in Quality Street, 1964
See also Pigot (surname) Pigot (disambiguation); other meanings of Pigot, Pigott, Piggott, Pigotts and Piggotts
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