Wigens: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Spelled Wigens, the surname still points back to Wiggins. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Son of Wiggin (worthy)”.

• Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.
• Other spellings include Wiggin.
• Records show Wigens as one of the forms Wiggins took over time.

Arms associated with the name

Arms linked to Wiggins and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Want more than a summary? See the Wigens family name pack.