The Wiggin Name

The name of Wiggins or Wiggin is derived from the ancient baptismal name of Wigand, the addition of the final S giving the name the actual meaning of "Son of Wigand." It was, naturally, first taken as patronymic by the sons of those so called in ancient English and early American records the name appears in the various forms of Wigand, Wigands, Wicken, Wickens, Wykyn, Wickins, Wickin, Wyganus, Wiggan, Wiggin, Wiggins and others. Wiggin--a place named from Wigan, a town on the river in Douglas, Lancashire, England.
Families bearing these names were early settled in the English counties of Oxford, Norfolk, Essex, York Howden and Northhampton as well as in the city and vicinity of London. They were for the most of the landers and merchants classes.
A practical and energetic race the Wiggin(s) families have been known generally speaking for their resourcefulness, initiative, independence, thought and action and artistic and literary talents. (Excepts taken from the records compiled by the Media Research Bureau, Washington, D.C.)

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