Etymology

Kiggins

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Today it means: A surname from Irish. Full definition →

Irish Mac Uiginn
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  1. Irish · derived fromMac Uiginn“son of the Viking”
  2. English todayKiggins

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Uiginn (“son of the Viking”), from uiging (“Viking”). The final -s is a redundant patronymic suffix.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.