Given name & surname

Higgs

Higgs is a surname.

Meaning & origin

How it developed

Built from English Hick + s.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Higgs’s family of names

In English usage, Higgs as a surname has a related form in Hicks.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

See also 2

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