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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Spanish : nickname from Spanish picazo ‘magpie’, applied perhaps to a talkative or thievish person, or someone who had a streak of white among black hair. The word is probably derived from Latin pica ‘magpie’, although the suffix is obscure.

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