Big Family History
Big Name Meaning
Native American: translation into English (and shortening) of a personal name based on (or just composed of) a word meaning ‘big’ such as Navajo Hastiin-tsoh ‘Big Man’ (see Tso compare Bigman ). Probably an altered or shortened form of some English surname such as Bigg and Biggs or an English translation or adaptation of some cognate or like-sounding name from continental Europe (compare Bigg ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022