Higgins

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɪɡɪnz/
  • Rhymes: -ɪɡɪnz

Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

Higgins

  1. A surname from Irish, from County Sligo.
    • 2025 November 18, Brandon Drenon, “The only 'no' vote on releasing Epstein files”, in BBC‎[1]:
      In 2024, House Republicans voted to censure Higgins for offensive remarks he made on social media after he called Haiti "the nastiest country in the western hemisphere" and referred to Haitians as "eating pets" and "slapstick gangsters".
  2. A place name, which could be of either etymology:
    1. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
    2. A township in Roscommon County, Michigan, United States.
    3. An unincorporated community in Yancey County, North Carolina, United States.
    4. A town in Lipscomb County, Texas, United States, named after G. H. Higgins, Santa Fe Railway stockholder.
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

A Middle English patronymic surname derived from a diminutive of Hick (Richard).

Proper noun

Higgins

  1. An English surname transferred from the given name.

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