18-12-2005, 05:56 PM
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Higgins - 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.
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