Where Did The Last Name Higgins Originate?

Where Did The Last Name Higgins Originate? 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. Is Higgins Scottish or Irish? Higgins is the anglicised version of an