Lightfot Family Crest & Name History

Arms linked to Lightfoot and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

What Lightfot means

Lightfot and Lightfoot are two spellings with one history. Its meaning, shared with Lightfoot, is “Swift runner”.

Lightfot drops the “o” of Lightfoot, a simplification that clerks often made. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.

Get the complete Lightfot report, with a museum-style coat of arms.