Spanish, Portuguese, Galician: from pico ‘beak’ or
‘(mountain) peak’; perhaps a nickname for someone who had a prominent
pointed nose, a topographic name for someone who lived by a peak, or a
habitational name from a place named with this word (Pico in Galicia,
El Pico in Asturies).
Catalan (Picó): probably a
nickname from Catalan picó ‘having a thick upper lip’.
Italian: from pico ‘woodpecker’ or southern dialect
picu ‘(pick)axe’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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