Pettitt
surname · Latin script
Meaning: From Anglo-Norman petit ‘small’; or from a medieval nickname for a small person
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 8 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
Pettitt is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- GBUnited Kingdom
- AUAustralia
- CACanada
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)From Anglo-Norman petit ‘small’; or from a medieval nickname for a small person.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Henry Pettittb. 1848GBBritish actor and dramatist (1848-1893)
- Frank Pettittb. 1899GBEnglish actor (1899–1964)
- Ian Pettittb. 1910AUAustralian politician (1910-1977)
- Clare Jane Pettittb. 1939GBprofessor of nineteenth-century literature and culture
- Peggy Pettittb. 1950USAmerican actor, dancer and writer
- Paul Pettittb. 1950GBBritish archaeologist
- Duane Pettittb. 1964football player (born 1964)
- Dave Pettittb. 1972CACanadian actor
- Brad Pettittb. 1972AUAustralian politician
- Ellen Pettittb. 1986AUAustralian high jumper
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)16 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 8 countries.
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Pettitt mean, and where does it come from?
- From Anglo-Norman petit ‘small’; or from a medieval nickname for a small person. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- In which country does Pettitt have the most bearers?
- Pettitt is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Pettitt”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.