Surname
O'Higgins
“descendant of a Viking”
O'Higgins is a surname from Irish. It is used in English and Spanish.
Original IrishÓ hUiginn
Meaning & origin
What it means
O'Higgins goes back to Irish Ó hUiginn, meaning “descendant of a Viking.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, O'Higgins as a surname developed from Ó hUiginn.
O'Higgins’s family of names
In English usage, O'Higgins as a surname developed from the Irish form Ó hUiginn. In English usage, O'Higgins as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Мориарти. In English usage, O'Higgins as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form О’Хиггинс.
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Spellings & scripts 1
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Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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