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 botanistEdward Pigott (1753–1825), son of Nathaniel, astronomerEugene F. Pigott, Jr. (born 1946), American juristFlorence Pigott (died 1899), ballet dancerFrancis Pigott Stainsby Conant (1810–1863), British politicianGwyn Hanssen Pigott (1935-2013) Australian potterJean Pigott (born 1924), Canadian politicianMark Pigott (born 1954), American businessmanNathaniel Pigott (1725–1804), English astronomerNick Pigott (born 1951), editor of The Railway MagazineStuart Pigott (born 1960), British wine criticTim Pigott-Smith (born 1946), British actorTony Pigott (born 1958), English cricketerDerek Piggott (born 1922), British glider pilotEmeline Piggott (1836–1919), Confederate States of America spyFrancis Taylor Piggott (1852–1925) British jurist and scholar of JapanJim Piggott, Canadian ice hockey player, after whom the Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy is namedLester Piggott (born 1935), British jockeyMarcus Piggott, fashion photographerPercival Piggott (born 1966), Panamanian footballerRichard Piggott (1835–1889), Irish journalist and forgerStuart Piggott (1910–1996), British archaeologistTracy Piggott (born 1966), jockey and broadcaster, daughter of Lester PiggottVictor Herrera Piggott (born 1980), Panamanian footballerWilliam Roy Piggott (1914–2008), British scientistFictional charactersOwd Grandad Piggott, character on BBC Radio StokeWilliam Piggott, minor character in Coronation Street, 1964