Newbiggin Family History
Newbiggin Name Meaning
from one or more of the many places so called such as Newbiggin by the Sea Newbiggin in Blanchland Newbiggin in Newburn Newbiggin in Norham and Newbiggin in Shotley (all Northumb) East and West Newbiggin in Bishopton Newbiggin in Heighington Newbiggin in Lanchester and Newbiggin in Middleton in Teesdale (all Durham) Newbiggin (Westm) Newbiggin Newbiggin in Akrigg Newbegin in Egton and Newbiggin in Gristhorpe (all NR Yorks) Newbiggin in Croglin Newbiggin in Dacre and Newbiggin Hall in Saint Cuthbert Without (all Cumb) Newbigging in Aldingham and a lost Newbigging in Singleton (both Lancs). The place-names derive from Middle English neue ‘new’ + bigging ‘building’. Some of the post-medieval EBs given here may represent the Scottish surname Newbigging .
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016