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| + | English: habitational name from Pickering in North Yorkshire, named with an Old English tribal name, Piceringas. However, Ekwall suggests that this was earlier Picoringas ‘people on the ridge of the pointed hill.’<ref>Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:01, 15 July 2008
Meaning
English: habitational name from Pickering in North Yorkshire, named with an Old English tribal name, Piceringas. However, Ekwall suggests that this was earlier Picoringas ‘people on the ridge of the pointed hill.’[1]
References
- ↑ Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
