Wiggers is a German and Dutch patronymic surname. The given name Wigger is a form of the Germanic Wichard, from Wîh- ("battle") and -hard ("strong"). Variant spelling include Wichers and Wiggerts. People with this surname include Carl J. Wiggers (1883–1963), American physiologist Wiggers diagram, a cardiac physiology diagram he devised Charles Wiggers (fl. 1920), Belgian racewalker Dirceu Wiggers de Oliveira Filho (born 1988), Brazilian football defender Friedrich Heinrich Wiggers (1746–1811), German botanist Heinrich August Ludwig Wiggers (1803–1880), German pharmacist Hermann Wiggers (1880–1968), German football defender (1811–1901), German theologist Ketlen Wiggers (born 1992), Brazilian football forward Lone Wiggers (born 1963), Danish architect Martin H. Wiggers (born 1963), German economist, editor, author and businessman Michaël Wiggers (born 1980), Belgian football defender Moritz Wiggers (1816–1894), German lawyer and revolutionary Namita Gupta Wiggers (born 1967), American contemporary craft expert, curator and writer Thais Souza Wiggers (born 1985), Brazilian television presenter and model (born 1987), Dutch long distance runner Wichers Edward Wichers (1892–1984), American chemist (1902–1990), Dutch writer known as "Belcampo" (1887–1956), Dutch composer of marches Otto Wichers (born 1981), Dutch singer-songwriter Peter Wichers (born 1979), Swedish heavy metal bass guitarist See also Wigger (disambiguation), including people with the surname Wigger Wiegers, surname of the same origin References German-language surnames Dutch-language surnames Patronymic surnames