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Surname Etymology and Meaning of HIGGINS

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Little Hig or Hugh; the son of Hugh; from Hig, and the patronymic termination ings; belonging to, or the son of.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).

1. Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hUiginn ‘descendant of Uiginn’, a byname meaning ‘viking’, ‘sea-rover’ (from Old Norse víkingr).
2. Irish: variant of Hagan.
3. English: patronymic from the medieval personal name Higgin, a pet form of Hick.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)