Briggs

Where Briggs comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Briggs.

Briggs through the years
  1. 1907
    Briggs Cunningham born
    American racing driver
  2. 1927
    First appearance
    #2,703 among boys with 10 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1965
    Briggs Hopson born
    American politician
  4. 2024
    Peak, #327
    1,059 babies named Briggs, the most in any year.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Briggs Cunningham · American racing driver, 1907–2003
  • Briggs Hopson · American politician, born 1965
  • Briggs Priestley · British politician, 1831–1907

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.