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Position:Home>Genealogy> Origin and meaning of Higgins?Question:I myself a very proud Hig (ha ha) really cant find anything on the meaning and origins of my last name, apart from that it's irish. Can anyone help me out here? Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I myself a very proud Hig (ha ha) really cant find anything on the meaning and origins of my last name, apart from that it's irish. Can anyone help me out here? ó hUiginn, ó hUigín The name translates to ''descendant of Uige'' the Irish word for ''knowledge, skill, ingenuity''. It was the name of a branch of the southern Ui Neill, in the present County Westmeath and one of the most distinguished literary families in Ireland. The Four Masters mention no fewer than eleven poets and professors of poetry of the name. A branch of the family settled in County Sligo, where they acquired large estates in the parishes of Achonry and Kilmacteige which they retained down to the Cromwellian confiscations. The name is now common in most parts of Ireland Higgins Name Meaning and History 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. Place of Origin Higgins Immigrants Ireland 3058 England 1047 Great Britain 501 Scotland 139 Germany 21 France 10 Higgins Civil War Service Higgins Veterans Allegiance Total Veterans of the Civil War 669 Confederate 1,050,000 1877 Union 2,213,363 2546 Combined 3,263,363 |