Origin and meaning of Higgins?

Question:I myself a very proud Hig (ha ha) really cant find anything on the meaning and origins of my last name, apart from that it's irish. Can anyone help me out here?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I myself a very proud Hig (ha ha) really cant find anything on the meaning and origins of my last name, apart from that it's irish. Can anyone help me out here?

ó hUiginn, ó hUigín
The name translates to ''descendant of Uige'' the Irish word for ''knowledge, skill, ingenuity''. It was the name of a branch of the southern Ui Neill, in the present County Westmeath and one of the most distinguished literary families in Ireland. The Four Masters mention no fewer than eleven poets and professors of poetry of the name. A branch of the family settled in County Sligo, where they acquired large estates in the parishes of Achonry and Kilmacteige which they retained down to the Cromwellian confiscations. The name is now common in most parts of Ireland

Higgins Name Meaning and History
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic ó hUiginn ‘descendant of Uiginn’, a byname meaning ‘viking’, ‘sea-rover’ (from Old Norse víkingr).
Irish: variant of Hagan.
English: patronymic from the medieval personal name Higgin, a pet form of Hick.

Place of
Origin Higgins Immigrants
Ireland 3058
England 1047
Great Britain 501
Scotland 139
Germany 21
France 10

Higgins Civil War Service
Higgins Veterans Allegiance Total Veterans of
the Civil War
669 Confederate 1,050,000
1877 Union 2,213,363
2546 Combined 3,263,363