Higgins

Briggs, Riggs, Hayes, and Collins are all in style, and Higgins feels like it could fit into this category of cool, rugged last names. Derived from an Irish surname, it is the anglicized form of O Huginn, meaning "descendant of Vikings". As an English surname however, it possibly comes the given name Hugh, or from the nickname Hicke (a diminutive of Richard). In this case it could more figuratively mean "son of mind and spirit" or "son of the brave ruler".

It is currently a very obscure choice as a given name in the US.

Pronounced HIG-inz.

As of October 2026, Higgins ranked #11401 for boys in US births in 2024 SSA.