Family name origins & meanings
- English : from the Breton personal name Wiucon, composed of elements meaning ‘worthy’ + ‘high’, ‘noble’, which was introduced into England by followers of William the Conqueror.
- English : from the Germanic personal name Wīgant, originally a byname meaning ‘warrior’, from the present participle of wīgan ‘to fight’, likewise introduced to England in the wake of the Conquest.
- English : Many American bearers of this name are descended from Thomas Wiggin who came to Boston, MA, in 1631.