Pickle Family History
Pickle Name Meaning
English: habitational name probably from a minor locality in Thornton (Bradford Yorkshire) called in Middle English Pykedlee or Pighkeleys and composed of piked ‘pointed having a narrow corner’ and either ley(s) (Old English lēah) ‘clearing(s)’ or leys (Old English lǣs) ‘pasture meadowland’. Altered form of German Pickel .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022