What is "driggers"

Driggers is a surname. It arrives from Celtic descent, and is thought to be a name given to "Dredge Diggers" and slowly changed to Driggers. It is also believed to be a branch of the "Rodriguez" surname in the Southern United States, beginning with Emmanual Rodriguez. Emmanual Rodriguez is believed to have been an African settler in Virginia. Today in the Southern United States, Driggers can be found in descendants of tri-racial isolate groups such as the Brass Ankles, Lumbee, and Melungeon as well as distinct Native American groups in the Southeast such as the Catawba.

Notable people with the surname include:

• Nate Driggers (born 1973), American basketball player
• Scott Driggers (born 1962), American handball player