ticknor

Ticknor, a variant spelling of Tickner, is a topographic surname of English origin for someone who lived at a crossroad or a fork in the road.{{cite book |editor-last=Hanks |editor-first=Patrick |editor-link=Patrick Hanks |title=Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set |publisher=Oxford University Press | publication-place=Oxford, UK |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-19-508137-4 |oclc=51655476 |volume=3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vG7MZ9J6dAgC&pg=RA2-PA475 |page=475 |access-date=17 January 2021}} Notable people with the surname include:

• Anna Eliot Ticknor (1823–1896), American author and educator
• Ben Ticknor (1909–1979), American football player
• Duane Ticknor, assistant basketball coach for the Sacramento Kings
• Elisha Ticknor (1757–1821), educator and merchant, father of Boston author George Ticknor
• Francis Orray Ticknor, country doctor, poet, and man of letters
• George Ticknor (1791–1871), American academician and Hispanist
• George Ticknor (journalist) (1822–1866), lawyer, and later a journalist
• George Ticknor Curtis (1812–1894), American author, writer, historian and lawyer
• William Ticknor (1810–1864), American publisher in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• Ticknor and Fields, American publishing company based in Boston, Massachusetts
• William Davis Ticknor, Sr. (1881–1938), American businessman