"Higgins" meaning in English

See Higgins in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈhɪɡɪnz/
Rhymes: -ɪɡɪnz Etymology: An anglicised version of Irish Ó hUiginn (“descendant of a Viking”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ga|Ó hUiginn||descendant of a Viking}} Irish Ó hUiginn (“descendant of a Viking”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Higgins
  1. A surname from Irish from County Sligo.
    Sense id: en-Higgins-en-name-V-81~nS5 Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A place name, which could be of either etymology:
    A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
    Categories (place): Places in Australia, Places in Canberra, Places in the Australian Capital Territory, Suburbs in the Australian Capital Territory
    Sense id: en-Higgins-en-name-4RGf2NT4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 14 27 25 26 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 14 27 26 27 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 14 27 26 27 4
  3. A place name, which could be of either etymology:
    A township in Roscommon County, Michigan, United States.
    Categories (place): Places in Michigan, USA, Places in the United States, Townships
    Sense id: en-Higgins-en-name-ZYlV0cPs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 14 27 25 26 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 14 27 26 27 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 14 27 26 27 4
  4. A place name, which could be of either etymology:
    An unincorporated community in Yancey County, North Carolina, United States.
    Categories (place): Places in North Carolina, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in North Carolina, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
    Sense id: en-Higgins-en-name-4TzrCZ6W Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 14 27 25 26 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 14 27 26 27 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 14 27 26 27 4
  5. A place name, which could be of either etymology:
    A town in Lipscomb County, Texas, United States, named after G. H. Higgins, Santa Fe Railway stockholder.
    Categories (place): Places in Texas, USA, Places in the United States, Towns in Texas, USA, Towns in the United States Synonyms: Higgin, O'Higgin, Higgans, Higgens, O'Higgins
    Sense id: en-Higgins-en-name-YKD6aYCd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 14 27 25 26 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 14 27 26 27 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 14 27 26 27 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /ˈhɪɡɪnz/
Rhymes: -ɪɡɪnz Etymology: A Middle English patronymic surname derived from a diminutive of Hick ( Richard). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Higgins
  1. An English surname transferred from the given name.
    Sense id: en-Higgins-en-name-hH-9OP9v Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (d6bf104 and a5af179). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.