Driggers is a surname most often originating in the Southeastern United States. The surname derives from "Driggus", which derived from the Portuguese name Rodrigues.1234
Notable people with the surname include:
- Emanuel Driggers (born c. 1620s–d. 1685), paternal ancestor of the Driggers families in the United States
- Nate Driggers (born 1973), American basketball player
- Scott Driggers (born 1962), American handball player
See also
See also
- Driggers D1-A, American monoplane
- Walt Driggers Field, baseball venue in Texas, United States
References
References
- Knight, Thomas Daniel (12 September 2025). "Migration in the Early Chesapeake: Dorchester Co., MD, as a Case Study, 1650–1750". Genealogy. 9 (3). University of Texas Rio Grande Valley: 96. doi:10.3390/genealogy9030096. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
- Goetz, Rebecca Anne (2016). "Emanuel Driggus (fl. 1645–1685)". Dictionary of Virginia Biography, Library of Virginia. Richmond, VA. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
- Berlin, Ira (April 1996). "From Creole to African: Atlantic Creoles and the Origins of African- American Society in Mainland North America". The William and Mary Quarterly. 53 (2). Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture: 251–288. doi:10.2307/2947401. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
- Hashaw, Tim (2007). The Birth of Black America: The First African Americans and the Pursuit of Freedom at Jamestown. New York, NY: Carroll & Graf Publishers. pp. 174–176. ISBN 978-0-78671-718-7. Retrieved 12 June 2026.