Huggins Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Many Huggins families will find their roots under Higgins, the form most records use. The name is generally explained as “Descendant of Uigín”.

Huggins and Higgins

Huggins writes “u” in place of the “i” found in Higgins, a typical scribal difference. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Other spellings include O'Higgins and Higgin.

Huggins coat of arms

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Huggins, so the heraldry linked to Higgins is a starting point, not an automatic right.

Get the complete Huggins report, with a museum-style coat of arms.