Píka: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Píka? Think of it as Pike with a different pen. The name is generally explained as “Pointed hill, or the fish”.

• Other spellings include Pyke and Peake.
• Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Pica.
• Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.
• Records show Píka as one of the forms Pike took over time.

Heraldry and the Píka name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Píka, so the heraldry linked to Pike is a starting point, not an automatic right. For the full story, order the Píka surname pack.