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Updated June 9, 2019

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.

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