Is Pickle A German Name?

Is Pickle A German Name? English: topographic name from Middle English pigh(t)el ‘small field’, ‘paddock’ of obscure origin. Altered spelling of German Pickel. Can Pickle be a name? The modern surname can be found as Pickles, Pickless, Pickle and Pighills, and is found recorded mainly in Yorkshire. The marriage of Thomas Pickles and Sarah Tennard