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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 English Levingston. This place was originally named after a man named Levin who appears in several 12th-century charters.[1] Variations in spelling on official Scotland documents indicate phonetic spelling by non-native Scots speakers, such as Lewyngstoun 1264–1359. [2] 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.

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