Higgins
Common Irish surname
Higgins is a surname of Irish origin, fairly common in English-speaking countries.
It appears in fiction as the name of Professor Henry Higgins, the phonetics expert in Shaw's *Pygmalion* and the musical *My Fair Lady*, who transforms Eliza Doolittle's speech.
The name sometimes evokes this association with linguistic instruction or social transformation.
Female name, divine oath
- phoneticsStudy of speech sounds
- elocutionFormal speaking skill
- ShawBritish-origin family name
- professorSenior university teacher
transformation · dialect · speech · flower girl · linguistics · diction · articulation · My Fair Lady
Germanic masculine name
- DoolittleOne who idles
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- ShawBritish-origin family name
- playwrightAuthor of stage dramas
protagonist · comedy · satire · class · social climbing · Victorian · Edwardian · drama
Study of family descent
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- familyRelated people together
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- lineageDescent from progenitors
clan · kin · descendants · forebears · dynasty · bloodline · patronymic · ancestral
Masculine name meaning twin
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- HawaiiPacific island state
- mustacheUpper lip hair
- FerrariItalian luxury automaker
P.I. · Selleck · investigation · 80s · television · estate · shorts · aloha shirt
Eliza
Female name, divine oath
professor · transformation · dialect · speech · flower girl · linguistics · diction · articulation · My Fair Lady · lessons
Henry
Germanic masculine name
playwright · protagonist · comedy · satire · class · social climbing · Victorian · Edwardian · drama · dialogue
genealogy
Study of family descent
lineage · clan · kin · descendants · forebears · dynasty · bloodline · patronymic · ancestral · relatives
Thomas
Masculine name meaning twin
Ferrari · P.I. · Selleck · investigation · 80s · television · estate · shorts · aloha shirt · Vietnam
- Fictional ProfessorsProfessor X, Snape, McGonagall, Professor Oak, Sprout
- Irish SurnamesO'Brien, Murphy, Kelly, O'Neill, O'Connor
- Texas PanhandleAmarillo, High Plains, flat terrain, cotton farming, cattle ranching
- ButlersJeeves, Benson, Geoffrey, Niles, Hobson
- MuscadinesCarlos, Fry, Triumph, Doreen, Jumbo
- Famous AnimalsScooby-Doo, Bambi, Dumbo, Clifford, Snoopy
HigginsEliza Doolittle
Doolittle · working class · uneducated · pupil · flower girl