Last Name PRICKITT

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Meaning	Ap-Richard, i.e. the son of Richard. Just as Richard is met by the harder Rickard, so is the Welsh Prichard met by the harder Prickard. And just as Pritchard or Prichard became corrupted into Pritchett and Pritchitt, so also did Prickard became corrupted into Prickett and Prickitt. Also a nickname 'the pricket,' a buck in his second year.

Origin	English, Irish

Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...

Surnames that make great first names

We do not really know what surnames will make great first name. It is just highly subjective. What we can tell you is what last names historically been used as first name. We do not know if they will be great. We just know they have been at some time...

Last Name PRICKITT

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Scottish surnames

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

Surnames that make great first names