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- The Livingston surname is habitational, derived from a place named Livingstone (Levingston) in the parish of Linlithgow, West Lothian.
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Early Origins of the Livingston family. The surname Livingston was first found in West Lothian. From this small beginning the Clan would grow into the nobility of Scotland and achieve the Earldoms of Callander, Linlithgow and Newburgh; the viscountcies of Kilsyth, Kinnaird and Teviot and the Lordships of Livingston.
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The surname Livingstone was first found in West Lothian....
- Livingstone History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms - HouseofNames
Livingston originated from an Old English personal name Leofing or Leofung, combined with the word tun, meaning settlement or town. In the annals of history, the name Livingston becomes prominent with the 14th-century figure Sir John de Livingston, who served as a knight under the Scottish King David II.
The Livingston family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Livingston families were found in USA in 1880. In 1891 there were 110 Livingston families living in Lancashire. This was about 29% of all the recorded Livingston's in United Kingdom.
The surname Livingstone was first found in West Lothian. From this small beginning the Clan would grow into the nobility of Scotland and achieve the Earldoms of Callander, Linlithgow and Newburgh; the viscountcies of Kilsyth, Kinnaird and Teviot and the Lordships of Livingston.
Livingston. 1. Scottish: habitational name from a place in Lothian, originally named in Middle English as Levingston. The placename derives from the Middle English personal name Leving (genitive Levinges) + Middle English, Older Scots toun ‘town, village, settlement’.
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Livingston Origins. The source of the Livingston name is the place – a town in West Lothian near Edinburgh. The town’s name was derived from a man named (in Latin) Levingus who lived in the early 12th century and gave his name to Villa Leving or Leving’s Town.
Jun 9, 2019 · Americanized form of Jewish Lowenstein. This is the name of an influential family of colnial and postcolonial America. The founder was Robert Livingston (1654–1728), who was taken by his father to the Netherlands, where he grew up bilingual.
