Wig is head cover. Whig was the name of a political in U.S. and also used in reference to 19th century Liberal party in U.K. Is there any connection other than pronunciation between these words.
https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2013/01/bigwig.html "...etymologically “Whig” and “wig” are not related. The origin of “Whig” has never been pinned down. It might possibly be from “whiggamer” or “whiggamore,” one of a group of Scottish rebels who marched on Edinburgh in 1648, according to the Oxford English Dictionary."
pronunciation HwWh-ig whig wig! wig usa generic last names are changed a lot to hide inside deeply xenophobic culture Europeans would often change their names to odd common sounding they needed the opposite of becoming famous to become rich whig is probably German-austrian or Austrian, Swedish adaptation & real name would be closer to 15 characters long if they cant easily say your name you will be persecuted = normal society up until 20 years ago or soo still common culture in many places
