Etymology

O'Higgins

O'Hig·gins

Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Irish Ó hUiginn
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The story

  1. Irish · derived fromÓ hUiginn“descendant of a Viking”
  2. English todayO'Higgins

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

Words from the same roots

IrishÓ hUiginn all →

Higgins

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.