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?

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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