Pinchon in my family tree
1: English and French: nickname from Old French pinson finch (Late Latin pincio, genitive pincionis, apparently of Germanic origin), perhaps applied to a bright and cheerful person. 2: English and French: metonymic occupational name for someone who made use of pincers or forceps in his work, from Old French pinson pincers (a derivative of pincier to pinch. 3: Jewish (Ashkenazic): patronymic from Pine, a pet form of the Yiddish male given name Pinkhes.
Variants (of 1 and 2): English: Pinchen, Pincheon, Pinchin, Pinching, Pinchon, Pinshon (Norman forms); Pinsent. French: Pinçon; Pinchon (Normandy, Picardie).
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