Higgins

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/ˈhɪɡɪnz/

proper noun

A surname from Irish, from County Sligo.

OriginIrish Ó hUiginn →
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Meanings

Higgins1

proper nounHiggins (countable and uncountable, plural Higginses or Higgins)

plural Higginses · alternative Higgin · alternative O'Higgin · alternative Higgans · alternative Higgens · alternative O'Higgins

  1. countableuncountableA surname from Irish, from County Sligo.

    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".

    2025 November 18, Brandon Drenon, “The only 'no' vote on releasing Epstein files”, in BBC
  2. A place name, which could be of either etymology:
    1. countableuncountableA suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
    2. countableuncountableA township in Roscommon County, Michigan, United States.
    3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Yancey County, North Carolina, United States.
    4. countableuncountableA town in Lipscomb County, Texas, United States, named after G. H. Higgins, Santa Fe Railway stockholder.

Higgins2

proper noun
  1. An English surname transferred from the given name.

Origin

Higgins · proper noun

  1. IrishÓ hUiginn“descendant of a Viking”
  2. EnglishHiggins

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

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Higgins · proper noun

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Higgins

DigginsMrs Miggins
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Anagrams

sighingniggish
Cite this entry
APA

Higgins. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Higgins

MLA

“Higgins.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Higgins. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Higgins,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Higgins.

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