The liston Surname
liston Name Meaning and History
- English: habitational name from a place in Essex, so named from the Old English personal name Lissa (probably a pet form of Leofsige; see Livesay 2) + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
- Scottish: habitational name from places in West Lothian and Midlothian, which probably have the same origin as in 1. This surname is also found in Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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