English
Higgins
Higgins comes from Irish Ó hUiginn ‘descendant of a Viking’.
- Irishc. 1200–presentÓ hUiginn‘descendant of a Viking’
- Englishearliest quotation 2025Higgins
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Irishc. 1200–presentÓ hUiginn‘descendant of a Viking’
- Englishearliest quotation 2025Higgins
Earliest quotation: 2025, Brandon Drenon, The only 'no' vote on releasing Epstein files: “In 2024, House Republicans voted to censure Higgins for…”
The story
An anglicised version of Irish Ó hUiginn (‘descendant of a Viking’).
Every English word from Irish Ó hUiginn
Today it means
name A surname from Irish, from County Sligo.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Irish Ó hUiginn / Higgins