Pigot (surname)
Pigot is an English surname.
The Pigot Baronetcy is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain.Derivation and variants
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.
Pigott, Piggott and Pickett are variant forms.People with the surname Pigot
- Mary Pigot, former wife of Sir Robert Burdett, 3rd Baronet
- George Pigot, 1st Baron Pigot, former governor of Madras
- British Major General Henry Pigot, in Malta in 1800 for the French surrender
- John Edward Pigot, was an Irish music collector
- Edward Pigot, Irish/Australian Jesuit priest, seismologist and astronomer
- Robert Pigot, various people
- Hugh Pigot, various people
- Neil Pigot, an Australian actor
- Spencer Pigot, an American racing driver
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