Bigsby Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Bigsby belongs to the Bixby family of names, which has English roots. Read literally, Bigsby points to “Place name”.

• Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.
• In the 2010 US Census, 865 Americans gave Bigsby as their last name (rank 27,783).
• Before spelling was fixed, Bixby was also written Bigsby.
• Other spellings include Bigby.

Family crest and blazon

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Bigsby, so the heraldry linked to Bixby is a starting point, not an automatic right. For the full story, order the Bigsby surname pack.