Picton

See also: picton

English

Etymology

From either the Old English personal name Pīca or pīc (“point, peak, pinnacle”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Picton (countable and uncountable, plural Pictons)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4107).
   2. A hamlet in Mickle Trafford parish, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4371).
   3. A former civil parish of Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, now part of Mickle Trafford parish.
   4. A ward of Liverpool, Merseyside, Lancashire, England.
   5. A small town in Wollondilly Shire, New South Wales, Australia, named after Thomas Picton.
   6. A suburb of the City of Bunbury, Western Australia.
   7. A town and ferry port in Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand.
   8. An unincorporated community in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Picton Castle
• Picton herring
• Picton River

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Picton is the 54296^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 380 individuals. Picton is most common among White (88.95%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Picton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Pontic, pontic