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bigger Name Meaning and History
- Scottish: variant spelling of Biggar.
- English: occupational name for a builder, from Middle English bigger ‘(house) builder’, an agent derivative of bigge(n) ‘to build’ (from Old Norse byggja).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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