Levingston Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Spellings drift, and Levingston is where Livingston drifted for some families. Its meaning, shared with Livingston, is “Leving's settlement”.

• You may also find the name written Livingstone and Livinston.
• Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms.
• Levingston writes “e” in place of the “i” found in Livingston, a common scribal difference.
• About 1,581 people in the United States were recorded as Levingston in 2010, placing it 17,726 on the national list. That puts it inside the top 25,000 US surnames.

Heraldry and the Levingston name

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