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Name Livingstone
Type Surname (from location)
Other Forms FormsLivingston, Livingstoun, Levingston, Lowenstein, Dunleavy, Ó Duinnshléibhe, Mac Duinnshléibhe
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

Scottish: Habitational name from a place in Lothian, originally named in Middle English as Levingston, from an owner called LEVIN (LEWIN), 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.
Added 7/23/2014 by LMS