Originally Pittman was a Flemish name in Belgium and Netherlands, many later resettled during the Middle Ages in England. The Pittman name in Old English was ‘pytt’ which meant a pit or low-lying area. Spelling variations for Pittman include Pitman and Pittmann. Those Pittman families in England settled in Devon, Kent, Dorset and the city of London. In the United States the Pittman name is mostly in southern states like North Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas. Famous: Antonio Pittman (professional football player), Al Pittman (Canadian playwright and poet), David Pittman (professional football player), Montgomery Pittman (actor, writer and director for television) and Eliana Pittman (singer from Brazil).