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 / 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.Pigot and Pickett are variant forms.
People with the surname Pigott
- Donald Pigott, British botanist
- Edward Pigott, English astronomer, son of Nathaniel, also an astronomer
- Eugene F. Pigott Jr., American jurist
- Florence Pigott, English operatic singer and ballet dancer
- Francis Pigott, English composer
- Francis Pigott Stainsby Conant, British politician
- Fred Pigott, British mountaineer
- Gwyn Hanssen Pigott, Australian potter
- Jean Pigott, Canadian politician
- Jean Sophia Pigott, Irish poet
- Joe Pigott, English footballer
- John Pigott, English politician
- Marjorie Pigott, Canadian artist
- Mark Pigott, American businessman
- Mostyn Pigott, English humorist, writer and barrister
- Nathaniel Pigott, English astronomer
- Nick Pigott, British editor of The Railway Magazine
- Richard Pigott, Irish journalist and forger
- Stuart Pigott, British wine critic
- Tim Pigott-Smith, British actor
- Tony Pigott, English cricketer
- William Pigott, English-born Zimbabwean politician
- William Trigg Pigott, Justice of the Montana Supreme Court
People with the surname Piggott
- Derek Piggott, British glider pilot
- Emeline Piggott, Confederate States of America spy
- Francis Taylor Piggott, British jurist and scholar of Japan
- Jim Piggott, Canadian ice hockey player, after whom the Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy is named
- Joan R. Piggott, American historian
- Lester Piggott, British jockey
- Marcus Piggott, Welsh fashion photographer
- Pércival Piggott, Panamanian footballer
- Patrick Piggott, English composer, pianist and musicologist
- Rosslynd Piggott, Australian installation artist and painter
- Stuart Piggott, British archaeologist
- Tracy Piggott, British jockey and broadcaster working in Ireland, daughter of Lester Piggott
- Victor Herrera Piggott, Panamanian footballer
- William Roy Piggott, British scientist
Fictional characters
- Owd Grandad Piggott, character on BBC Radio Stoke
- William Piggott, minor character in Quality Street, 1964