The Pargiter Family Name

Pargiter is an established spelling of the English surname Pargeter. The name is generally explained as “Plasterer”.

Spelling and variants

Spelled with “i” instead of “e”, Pargiter shows how the same name was heard and written differently. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. You may also find the name written Pargetter.

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Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Pargeter and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

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