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kiggins

/kˈɪɡɪnz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
kig-gins
IPA
/kˈɪɡɪnz/
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Uiginn (“son of the Viking”), from uiging (“Viking”). The final -s is a redundant patronymic suffix.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Kigginses (plural)

Rhymes With

higgins wiggins riggins biggins figgins diggins miggins

Questions

How do you pronounce kiggins?
The recorded pronunciation is /kˈɪɡɪnz/.
What does kiggins mean?
A surname from Irish.
Where does kiggins come from?
It is traced to Irish.

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