Pilon Family History
Pilon Name Meaning
French: diminutive of Pile ‘mortar trough’. French: habitational name from (Le) Pilon the name of several places in various parts of France ultimately derived from Latin pila ‘pillar column’. Compare Pelo Pelon and Pillon . Italian (Veneto): from Venetian dialect pilon ‘pestle of a mortar’ probably applied as a metonymic occupational name for an apothecary or a pharmacist. Compare Pillon .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022