The livingston Surname
livingston Name Meaning and History
- Scottish: habitational name from a place in Lothian, originally named in Middle English as Levingston, from an owner called Levin (see Lewin 1), who appears in charters of David I in the early 12th century.
- Irish: name adopted as equivalent of Gaelic Ó Duinnshléibhe and Mac Duinnshléibhe (see Dunleavy).
- Americanized form of Jewish Lowenstein.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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