Pigott and Piggott are English surnames.
The Pigott Baronetcy is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain.
Derivation and variants
The name Pigott 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. Another possible derivation from is from Pike, as in stick driven into the ground, originating from Somerset.
Pigot, Piggott and Pickett are variant forms.
Donald Pigott (born 1928), British botanist
Edward Pigott (1753–1825), son of Nathaniel, astronomer
Eugene F. Pigott, Jr. (born 1946), American jurist
Florence Pigott (died 1899), ballet dancer
Francis Pigott Stainsby Conant (1810–1863), British politician
Gwyn Hanssen Pigott (1935-2013) Australian potter
Jean Pigott (born 1924), Canadian politician
Mark Pigott (born 1954), American businessman
Nathaniel Pigott (1725–1804), English astronomer
Nick Pigott (born 1951), editor of The Railway Magazine
Stuart Pigott (born 1960), British wine critic
Tim Pigott-Smith (born 1946), British actor
Tony Pigott (born 1958), English cricketer
Derek Piggott (born 1922), British glider pilot
Emeline Piggott (1836–1919), Confederate States of America spy
Francis Taylor Piggott (1852–1925) British jurist and scholar of Japan
Jim Piggott, Canadian ice hockey player, after whom the Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy is named
Lester Piggott (born 1935), British jockey
Marcus Piggott, fashion photographer
Percival Piggott (born 1966), Panamanian footballer
Richard Piggott (1835–1889), Irish journalist and forger
Stuart Piggott (1910–1996), British archaeologist
Tracy Piggott (born 1966), jockey and broadcaster, daughter of Lester Piggott
Victor Herrera Piggott (born 1980), Panamanian footballer
William Roy Piggott (1914–2008), British scientist
Fictional characters
Owd Grandad Piggott, character on BBC Radio Stoke
William Piggott, minor character in Coronation Street, 1964
