Bigness Family History
Bigness Name Meaning
Americanized form of French (or French Canadian) Bigonesse: apparently a derivative of Occitan bigon ‘forked hoe’. In some cases also an Americanized form of Norwegian Bygnes: habitational name from the farmstead Byggnes a compound of bygg ‘barley’ and nes ‘promontory headland’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022