Higgins (surname)

Higgins is a surname found in England and in Ireland with several origins.[1]

Origins in England

  • From the name Hugh
  • From the name Hig (both the son of Hugh and a diminutive of Hugh)
  • From Hicke a diminutive of Richard

all then stemmed with the patronymic termination ings; meaning belonging to, or the son of.

Origin in Ireland, the Anglicised form of the Gaelic name Ó hUiginn ‘descendant of Uiginn’. Uiginn in turn being the Gaelic version of the Old Norse víkingr or Viking.[2] The Ó hUiginn family were high status poets between the 14th and 17th centuries and descendants include Bernardo O'Higgins, the first head of state of Chile, and Kevin O'Higgins who was Minister for Justice in the first Irish Free State government.

In business

In education and science

In literature

In military service

  • John Frederick Andrews Higgins, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force commander
  • Thomas J. Higgins (1831–1917), American soldier
  • William R. Higgins, United States Marine Corps colonel, killed in Lebanon

In music

In politics

In sports

In television and film

Other

  • Arch Higgins, New York City Ballet soloist
  • Bertha G. Higgins (1872-1944), American suffragist, civil rights activist and clubwoman
  • Bubba Higgins, character on the television situation comedy Mama's Family, played by actor Allan Kayser
  • Chester Higgins, Jr., American photographer
  • Edward Higgins (1864–1947), the 3rd General of the Salvation Army
  • Sir Eoin Higgins, High Court of Northern Ireland jurist
  • Godfrey Higgins (1772—1833), English writer on mythology
  • Dame Joan Higgins, chair of the NHS Litigation Authority
  • Margaret Higgins, Scottish murderer
  • Rosalyn Higgins (1937–present), President of the International Court of Justice
  • Mark Andrew Higgins, Contemporary American Lifestyle Photographer
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See also

  • O'Higgins
  • Higginson
  • Huggins

References

  1. Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import; Arthur, William, M.A.; New York, NY: Sheldon, Blake, Bleeker & CO., 1857.
  2. "Higgins Name Meaning & Higgins Family History at Ancestry.com". www.ancestry.com.
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