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Pigot (surname)

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Pigot is an English surname.

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

Derivation and variants

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The name Pigot 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]

Pigott, Piggott and Pickett are variant forms.

People with the surname Pigot

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Fictional characters

See also

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References

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