Livingston is a
surname with several different origins. The name itself originates in Scotland as a
habitational name derived from
Livingston in
Lothian which was originally named in
Middle EnglishLevingston. This place name was originally named after a man named Levin who appears in several 12th-century charters. In Ireland (and in some cases Scotland), the name was adopted by people bearing the
Gaelic surnames Ó Duinnshléibhe and Mac Duinnshléibhe.[citation needed] Livingston can also be an
Americanized form of Lowenstein, a
Jewish surname.[1]
This page lists people with the
surnameLivingston. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.
Livingston is a
surname with several different origins. The name itself originates in Scotland as a
habitational name derived from
Livingston in
Lothian which was originally named in
Middle EnglishLevingston. This place name was originally named after a man named Levin who appears in several 12th-century charters. In Ireland (and in some cases Scotland), the name was adopted by people bearing the
Gaelic surnames Ó Duinnshléibhe and Mac Duinnshléibhe.[citation needed] Livingston can also be an
Americanized form of Lowenstein, a
Jewish surname.[1]
This page lists people with the
surnameLivingston. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.