Trigger
Trigg is an English family name.
It has been attested since early Middle English times and is a borrowing of the Old Norse name Tryggr or Tryggvi , which means something like "the faithful, the reliable".
Name bearer
- Abram Trigg , American politician
- Alan Trigg (* 1959), English snooker player
- Connally Findlay Trigg (1847–1907), American politician
- Cyril Trigg (1917-1993), English football player
- Frank Trigg (* 1972), American martial artist
- Gary Trigg , Canadian musician and music promoter
- John Johns Trigg (1748–1804), American politician
- Lloyd Trigg (1914–1943), New Zealand fighter pilot
- Stephen Trigg (1744–1782), American pioneer and politician
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Erik Björkman : Nordic personal names in England in Old and Early Middle English times . Max Niemeyer, Halle an der Saale 1910, p. 145 sv Trig, Trigg .
- ^ PH Reaney and RM Wilson: A Dictionary of English Last Names . 3rd revised edition, Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York 1997. p. 454, sv Trigg, Trigge, Triggs .