# Higgins

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈhɪɡɪnz/ · frequency rank #12,067

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish, from County Sligo.
2. A place name, which could be of either etymology:
3. A place name, which could be of either etymology:
4. A place name, which could be of either etymology:
5. A place name, which could be of either etymology:

## Etymology
An anglicised version of Irish Ó hUiginn (“descendant of a Viking”).

## Easily confused with
- **Higgs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/higgins-vs-higgs)
- **hugging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/higgins-vs-hugging)
- **Huggins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/higgins-vs-huggins)
- **hogging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/higgins-vs-hogging)
- **haggis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haggis-vs-higgins)

## Common misspellings (9)
`hgigins`, `hhiggins`, `higginns`, `higginss`, `higgisn`, `higgnis`, `higigns`, `higins`, `ihggins`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/higgins