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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Canadian spelling of French Pichet, from Old French pichet ‘little pot’, a measure for liquids or grain, hence a metonymic occupational name for a potter or a seller of foodstuffs, or nickname for a short person. The spelling reflects the Canadian practice of pronouncing the final -t, which is not done in metropolitan France.
  • A Pichet, also called Pegin, from the Poitou region of France was documented in 1660 in Château Richer, Quebec.

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