The lingen Surname
lingen Name Meaning and History
- Dutch (van Lingen) and German: habitational name from Lingen on the Ems river in Lower Saxony, Westphalia, and the former East Prussia.
- English (Herefordshire): habitational name from a place in Herefordshire, so named from an old British stream name, Welsh llyn ‘water’ + possibly cain ‘clear’, ‘beautiful’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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