English Explanatory Dictionary

Higgins

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish, from County Sligo.
  2. A place name, which could be of either etymology:
  3. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
  4. A township in Roscommon County, Michigan, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in Yancey County, North Carolina, United States.
  6. A town in Lipscomb County, Texas, United States, named after G. H. Higgins, Santa Fe Railway stockholder.
name
  1. An English surname transferred from the given name.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɪɡɪnz/

Word forms

Higgins Higgin O'Higgin Higgans Higgens O'Higgins

Etymology

An anglicised version of Irish Ó hUiginn (“descendant of a Viking”).

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