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Higgins is a surname found in England and in Ireland, with several origins.
In England, the name originates from:
the name Hugh
the name Hig (both the son of Hugh and a diminutive of Hugh)
Hicke, a diminutive of Richard
each then stemmed with the patronymic termination 'ings' meaning 'belonging to', or 'the son of'.
In Ireland, the name is the Anglicised form of the Gaelic name Ó hUiginn, 'descendant of Uiginn'. Although there is another variation which is also an Irish surname McHiggins. Uigin…