Pickering
town · North Yorkshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
The name means 'the settlement of Picer's people'. It is derived from the Old English personal name Picer and 'ing' meaning 'people of', and 'tun' meaning settlement.
Word origins
- Pic
- Old EnglishPicer(from Picer "Picer")
- ering
- Old Englishpeople of(from ing "people of")
- ton
- Old EnglishAttestedsettlement(from tun "settlement")