Pitt

E6526
family name surname

Pitt is the surname of William Pitt the Elder, an influential 18th-century British statesman and prime minister known for his leadership during the Seven Years' War.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Pitt (name) 1
Pitt (surname) 1
Pitt(e) 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf family name ⓘ
surname ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Seven Years' War ⓘ
associatedWithOfficeHolder Prime Minister of Great Britain ⓘ
category English-language surnames ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
derivedFromWord Old English "pytt" (pit, hollow) ⓘ
etymologyType toponymic surname ⓘ
genderAssociation unisex surname ⓘ
hasNameDayOrCommemoration none generally recognized ⓘ
hasNotableBearer Brad Pitt ⓘ
Kaley Pittman (Kaley Cuoco, birth surname Pittman, related form) ⓘ
William Pitt the Elder ⓘ
William Pitt the Younger ⓘ
hasVariant Pitt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pitt(e)

Pytt ⓘ
languageOfOrigin English ⓘ
meaning person who lived by a pit or hollow ⓘ
nameType patrilineal surname ⓘ
notableHistoricalAssociation 18th-century British statesmen ⓘ
British political history ⓘ
usedBy Pitt family ⓘ
William Pitt the Elder ⓘ
William Pitt the Younger ⓘ
usedInCountry Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pytt → associatedWith → Pitt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pitt (surname)
Brad Pitt → familyName → Pitt ⓘ
Harriet Pitt → familyName → Pitt ⓘ
Hester Pitt → familyName → Pitt ⓘ
John Pitt → familyName → Pitt ⓘ
Robert Pitt → familyName → Pitt ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Pitt
subject surface form: William Pitt the Elder
Pitt → hasVariant → Pitt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pitt(e)
Pytt → spellingVariantOf → Pitt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pitt (name)