Biggers
A surname that likely grew as a variant or patronymic form of Bigger, itself probably from a nickname or byname rather than a single fixed place-name.
The #6,993 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 64,429 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Biggers is generally treated as a surname formed from Bigger, with the final -s likely indicating “son of” or simply a pluralized family form. The base name Bigger is usually explained as a nickname surname, probably from Middle English or dialectal bigge/big, meaning “large” or “stout.” Because the historical record is limited and the excerpted source only gives an incidental cross-reference, this should be taken as a cautious, best-fit explanation rather than a proven single origin.
History
The name appears in English surname tradition as a less common variant related to Bigger and Bigg. In later records, spellings with -s often stabilize as hereditary surnames rather than changing patronymics, so Biggers may have become fixed in that way. Today it is most familiar in the United States, though the deeper surname pattern is English.
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Fun fact
The old surname dictionaries sometimes listed Biggers only as a cross-reference under Bigger, which is a clue that it was viewed as a secondary spelling rather than a completely separate name.
From the historical record
“drowned in Moosehead Lake, May, 1860. Pacfe 152. — For Bigger, read Biggers. M. Petit- PIED ("little foot") wrote a work on Port Boyal. Page 153. — Daniel Fop resided in Hingham in 1635, and Thomas Foulfoot arrived here in the same year. Our existing name of Faul (" foul ") is doubt-”
— Suffolk Surnames (3rd ed.)