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.
Mary Pigot (daughter of Gervase Pigot), former wife of Sir Robert Burdett, 3rd Baronet (1640 – 1716)
George Pigot, 1st Baron Pigot (1719 – 1777), former governor of Madras
British Major General Henry Pigot, in Malta in 1800 for the French surrender
John Edward Pigot (1822-1871), was an Irish music collector
Edward Pigot (1858 – 1929), Irish/Australian Jesuit priest, seismologist and astronomer
Robert Pigot (disambiguation), various people
Hugh Pigot (disambiguation), various people
Neil Pigot (1961-), an Australian actor
Spencer Pigot (1993-), an American racing driver
Fictional characters
Serafine Pigot, a character in the 1997 An American Werewolf in Paris motion picture
