# Wiggers

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For the cultural term, see [Wigger](/source/Wigger).

**Wiggers** is a [German](/source/German_language) and [Dutch](/source/Dutch_language) patronymic surname.[1] The given name *Wigger* is a form of the Germanic [Wichard](/source/Wichard), from Wîh- ("battle") and -hard ("strong").[2] Variant spelling include *Wichers* and *Wiggerts*. People with this surname include

- [Carl J. Wiggers](/source/Carl_J._Wiggers) (1883–1963), American physiologist - [Wiggers diagram](/source/Wiggers_diagram), a cardiac physiology diagram he devised
- [Charles Wiggers](/source/Charles_Wiggers) ([fl.](/source/Floruit) 1920), Belgian racewalker
- [Dirceu Wiggers de Oliveira Filho](/source/Dirceu_Wiggers_de_Oliveira_Filho) (born 1988), Brazilian football defender
- [Friedrich Heinrich Wiggers](/source/Friedrich_Heinrich_Wiggers) (1746–1811), German botanist
- [Heinrich August Ludwig Wiggers](/source/Heinrich_August_Ludwig_Wiggers) (1803–1880), German pharmacist
- [Hermann Wiggers](/source/Hermann_Wiggers) (1880–1968), German football defender
- [Julius Wiggers](/source/Julius_Wiggers) (1811–1901), German theologist
- [Ketlen Wiggers](/source/Ketlen_Wiggers) (born 1992), Brazilian football forward
- [Lone Wiggers](/source/Lone_Wiggers) (born 1963), Danish architect
- [Martin H. Wiggers](/source/Martin_H._Wiggers) (born 1963), German economist, editor, author and businessman
- [Michaël Wiggers](/source/Micha%C3%ABl_Wiggers) (born 1980), Belgian football defender
- [Moritz Wiggers](/source/Moritz_Wiggers) (1816–1894), German lawyer and revolutionary
- [Namita Gupta Wiggers](/source/Namita_Gupta_Wiggers) (born 1967), American contemporary craft expert, curator and writer
- [Thais Souza Wiggers](/source/Thais_Souza_Wiggers) (born 1985), Brazilian television presenter and model
- [Tom Wiggers](/source/Tom_Wiggers) (born 1987), Dutch long-distance runner

**Wichers**

- [Edward Wichers](/source/Edward_Wichers) (1892–1984), American chemist
- [Herman Pieter Schönfeld Wichers](/source/Belcampo_(writer)) (1902–1990), Dutch writer known as "Belcampo"
- [Johan Wichers](/source/Johan_Wichers) (1887–1956), Dutch composer of marches
- [Otto Wichers](/source/Lucky_Fonz_III) (born 1981), Dutch singer-songwriter
- [Peter Wichers](/source/Peter_Wichers) (born 1979), Swedish heavy metal bass guitarist

## See also

- [Wigger (disambiguation)](/source/Wigger_(disambiguation)), including people with the surname Wigger
- [Wiegers](/source/Wiegers), surname of the same origin

## References

1. [Wiggers](http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_lcnaam=wiggers&gba_naam=Wiggers&nfd_naam=Wiggers&operator=eq&taal=) at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.

1. [Wigger](http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/verspreiding/naam/Wigger) at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands

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