Surname Spotlight: Pichot

Some records give Pichon; others give Pichot. Both point to the same French family name. The name is generally explained as “Little one”.

• Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.
• The same family of names includes Pichonnet.
• French civil records give 7,328 births under the name Pichot from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1951–1960. Births ran at 390 in 1891–1900 and 636 in 1991–2000.
• Before spelling was fixed, Pichon was also written Pichot.

Heraldry and the Pichot name

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Pichon surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. Want more than a summary? See the Pichot family name pack.