Higgins Family History
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Higgins Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hUiginn ‘descendant of Uiginn’, a byname meaning ‘viking’, ‘sea-rover’ (from Old Norse víkingr). Irish: variant of Hagan. English: patronymic from the medieval personal name Higgin, a pet form of Hick.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Similar surnames: Kiggins, O'higgins, Heggins, Higginson, Huggins, Miggins, Wiggins