856 Global Biggar Family Members

Biggar Family History

This ancient and interesting surname is Scottish. Recorded in various ways including: Biggare, Bigare, and Bygar, it is locational from an area known as 'The lands of Biggar', formerly a barony, but now a parish, in Lanarkshire. Like many locatiuonal surnames, when first used it identified the lord of the manor, in this case Baldwin de Bigir, who was the sherrif of 'Bigir' during the short reign of King Mlacolm 1V of Scotland, 1153 - 1166. It is said that in 1174 Waldeve de Bigir, given as being the son of Baldwin, was captured by the English whilst serving with King William 1st of Scotland, known as 'The Lyon'.