Higney Family History
Higney Name Meaning
from Ó hÉignigh see Heagney . from Higney in Ramsey (Hunts) which is recorded as Hyggeneya Higkeneia and Hykeneye in medieval documents. The place-name derives from an Old English personal name *Hycga (genitive *Hycgan) + Old English ēg ‘island’.
Source: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, 2021