The biggs Surname
biggs Name Meaning and History
- English: nickname for a large or stout person, Middle English bigge + unexplained -s.
- English: records of names such as William de Bigges (Cambridgeshire 1327) and Laurentia atte Bigge (Somerset 1327) suggest that it must also have a topographic or habitational origin, but the etymology is obscure.
- Scottish and northern Irish: variant of Beggs.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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