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Picken

Picken proper noun: a surname from Old French.

Proper noun

Picken (plural Pickens)

  1. A surname from Old French.

Forms of Picken

pluralPickens

Origin of Picken

Either a nickname from Old French picon (“woodpecker”), or a patronymic surname from the personal name Picon, apparently from picon (“pointed object”).

Questions about Picken

What does Picken mean?
Picken means a surname from Old French.
What part of speech is Picken?
Picken is a proper noun.

Words near Picken in the dictionary

  1. Pickelhäring
  2. Pickell
  3. Pickells
  4. pickels
  5. pickemup
  6. Picken
  7. Pickens
  8. Pickens County
  9. picker
  10. picker upper
  11. picker's acne

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