"Pikt" termininin romalıların Fort və Klayd çaylarının şimalında yaşamış xalqlar üçün istifadə etdiyi bir ekzonim olduğu düşünülür.[1]Latın sözü olan Picti 297-ci ildə Evmeni tərəfindən yazılmış bir panegirikdə verilir və "rənglənmiş (tatuirovka edilmiş) insanlar" deməkdir.[2] Söz latın dilindəki Pingere[3] ("rəngləmək"; Pictus, "rənglənmiş"; q.yun.πυκτίς, piktis, "şəkil"[4]) sözündən törəyib.
Piktlərin özlərini necə adlandırdığı naməlumdur. Tarixşünaslar piktlərin özlərini Albidosi adlandırdığını irəli sürürlər. Bu ad "Alba krallarının salnaməsi" əsərində verilir.[10]
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The Corpus of Electronic Texts includes the Annals of Ulster, Tigernach, the Four Masters and Innisfallen, the Chronicon Scotorum, the Lebor Bretnach, Genealogies, and various Saints' Lives. Most are translated into English, or translations are in progress
SPNS the Scottish Place-Name Society (Comann Ainmean-Áite na h-Alba), including commentary on and extracts from Watson's The History of the Celtic Place-names of Scotland.