Where Does the Pickins Surname Come From?

Pickins is how some branches of the Pickens family came to write their name. The family name meaning is “Son of Picon”, the same as for Pickens.

• Other spellings include Picken.
• Spelled with “i” instead of “e”, Pickins shows how the same name was heard and written differently.

Family crest and blazon

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