Hickinbottom
# Hickinbottom

Hickinbottom is a surname. It is a corruption of Oakenbottom, a place in Bolton-le-Moors, probably influenced by the dialect word hickin or higgin, the mountain ash.

Notable people with the surname include:

* Ernest Hickinbottom (1865–1939), English footballer
* Wilfred Hickinbottom (1896–1979), English chemist
* Gary Hickinbottom (born 1955), British judge
* Geoffrey Hickinbottom (born 1932), English cricketer
* Rob Hickinbottom (born 1967), Regional Head of Intelligence, British National Crime Agency
