English: habitational name probably from Ludgate in London, so
named from Old English ludgeat ‘back gate’, ‘postern’, or
possibly from Ludgate in Kent or Lidgate in Suffolk, both named from
Old English hlidgeat ‘swing gate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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