Pettifer
Pettifer is an English surname. Variants include Pettipher, Pettyfer, Pettefer, Petifer, Pettifor, Pettifar, Pettafor, Pettyfor, Pettiford, Petford, Pettefar, Pettiver, Puddifer, Puddepha, and Potiphar. The name Pettifer comes from the Old French nickname "pied de fer", meaning "Iron Foot".
Notable people with the surname include:
- Alex Pettyfer, English actor
- Arran Pettifer, English footballer
- Brian Pettifer, British actor
- Carl Pettefer, English footballer
- James Pettifer, British academic, writer and journalist
- Julian Pettifer, English television journalist
- Joel Pettyfer, English wrestler, known as Joel Redman
- Julian Barratt Pettifer, known as Julian Barratt, English comedian
- Kayne Pettifer, Australian rules footballer
- Steve Pettifer, English computer scientist
- Tiggy Legge-Bourke, English nanny, now Tiggy Pettifer