Higgins Family History
Higgins Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hUiginn ‘descendant of Uiginn’ a byname meaning ‘viking sea-rover’ (from Old Norse víkingr). Compare McGuigan . English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): variant of Higgin itself either a Lancashire variant of Huggin (from a pet form of Hugh ) or a variant of Hickin (from a pet form of Richard ) with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. See Hick and compare Higson .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022