# Higginbottom

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'''Higginbottom''' is a [surname](/source/surname) of [English](/source/English_people) origin. It is a corruption of Oakenbottom, a place in [Bolton-le-Moors](/source/Bolton-le-Moors), probably influenced by the dialect word ''hickin'' or ''higgin'', the [mountain ash](/source/mountain_ash).<ref>Reaney, P.H. & Wilson, R.M. (1997), Oxford Dictionary of English Surnames, {{ISBN|0-19-860092-5}}, page 231.</ref>

Notable people with the surname include:
* [Edward Higginbottom](/source/Edward_Higginbottom) (born 1946), British choral director
* [Frederick Higginbottom](/source/Frederick_Higginbottom) (1859–1943), British journalist and newspaper editor
* [Heather Higginbottom](/source/Heather_Higginbottom) (born ''c.'' 1972), American politician
* [Jake Higginbottom](/source/Jake_Higginbottom) (born 1993), Australian professional golfer
* [Sam Higginbottom](/source/Sam_Higginbottom) (1874–1958), English-born American missionary to India, founder of the Allahabad Agricultural Institute

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