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The wiggin Surname

wiggin Name Meaning and History

  1. from the Breton personal name Wiucon, composed of elements meaning ‘worthy’ + ‘high’, ‘noble’, which was introduced into England by followers of William the Conqueror.
  2. from the Germanic personal name Wigant, originally a byname meaning ‘warrior’, from the present participle of wigan ‘to fight’, likewise introduced to England in the wake of the Conquest.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of wiggin Families in the US in 1920
Number of wiggin families
 93-183
 32-92
 1-31
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