Livingstone (name)

Livingstone is a surname and given name. The pronunciation of the name is [ liv-ing-stuhn ]. The surname is toponymic. It is one of the habitual surnames eventually adopted by members of the Scottish branch of the Irish Dunleavy (Gaelic language Duinnshléibhe)/MacNultyDictionary of National Biography, Vol. 35 MacCarwell – Maltby (Sidney Lee Ed.). (1893) New York: MacMillan & Co., p. 52, "As the family originally came from Ulidia, the lesser Uladh, or Ulster, the members of the family are often called in Irish writings, instead of MacDonlevy, Ultach, that is, Ulsterman, and from this the name of MacNulty, Mac an Ultaigh, son of the Ulsterman, is derived."  royals, including the ancestors of the African missionary doctor and African explorer David Livingstone.George F. Black, The Surnames of Scotland, New York, New York Public Library, 1946, p 230, ,  "William Livingston (Highland Livingston), the Islay bard, always wrote his name in Gaelic M'Dhunleibhe and Dr. David Livingstone, the African traveler, was a Mac Dunleavy of Ulva”John O'Hart, Irish Pedigrees; or, The Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation, 5th edition, in two volumes, originally published in Dublin in 1892, reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1976, Vol. 1, p. 426, “MacDunshliebhe and O’Dunsleibhe, anglicized Dunleavy, Dunlief, Dunlap … Delap, Dunlevy, Don-Levi, Donlevy, Levingstone, Livingstone, and Levenston (original emphasis).” There may be a relationship between the Livingstones and  Clan MacLea. Genetic profiling has established that the Highland Mac Dunnshleibhe actually branched to become both the Livingstone and the Clan MacLea, their name presumably having been also slurred, first, to Maconlea and, then, to Mac Lea, Mac Lay and McClay Note on list of Stuart loyalists massacred at the 1647 Battle of Dunaverty in Kintyre, Scotland, “Of the surnames appearing in the second column the M'onleas were originally M'Dunleas ; the D disappears through euphonistic elision in Gaelic. Although Niall 10th Duke of Argyll, thought it quite possible that their eponymic ancestor was Dunsleve, the son of Aedh Alain, the O'Neill Prince evidence now leads to the conclusion that they are descendants of the Ruaidhri Mac Duinnsleibhe, the last king of Ulidia.” This is a unique name (not in the top 1000 newborn names in the US in 2021).

Notable people

Surname
Adelaide Livingstone (Dame Adelaide Stickney Lord Livingstone) (died 1970), responsible for organising the 1934–5 Peace Ballot in the UK
Alexander Livingstone (Scottish politician)
Archie Livingstone (footballer, born 1915) (1915–1961), Scottish footballer
Bob Livingstone (1922–2013), American football player
Bobby Livingstone, Scottish footballer
Bruce Livingstone (born 1971), Canadian entrepreneur
Colin H. Livingstone, first president of the Boy Scouts of America
David Livingstone 1813–1873, Scottish missionary explorer of Africa, best known bearer of the name and namesake of numerous places
David N. Livingstone (born 1953), Professor of Geography and Intellectual History at Queen's University Belfast
Doug Livingstone (1898–1981), Scottish football player
Douglas Livingstone (poet) (1932–1996), South African poet
Eddie Livingstone (1884–1945), Canadian owner and manager of the Toronto Shamrocks and the Toronto Blue Shirts
Frank Livingstone (bowls), New Zealand lawn bowler
Ian Livingstone (born 1949), English fantasy author
Ian Livingstone (disambiguation), various people 
John Livingstone (1603-6172), Scottish Presbyterian Minister 
Ken Livingstone (born 1945), former Mayor of London
Margaret Livingstone (born 1950), American neuroscientist and professor at Harvard Medical School
Marilyn Livingstone (born 1952), Scottish Labour politician
Mary Livingstone (Sadye Marks) (1905–1983), American radio comedian, widow and radio partner of Jack Benny
Nicole Livingstone (née Stevenson), Australian swimmer
Paul Livingstone American sitarist, composer and multi-instrumentalist
Peadar Livingstone, Irish priest, linguist and local historian
Richard Winn Livingstone, gave the Rede Lecture in 1944 on Plato and modern education
Robert Livingstone (born 1967), Canadian businessman
Scott Livingstone (born 1965), former professional baseball player
Sergio Livingstone (1920-2011), former Chilean goalkeeper, nicknamed 'El Sapo'
Stacey Livingstone (born 1988), Australian rules footballer
Susan Livingstone, American administrator and civil servant
Terasa Livingstone (born 1975), Australian theatre, film and television actress

Given name
Livingstone Adjin (born 1989), Ghanaian footballer
Livingstone Harris (born 1957), West Indian cricketer
Livingstone Lawrence (born 1962), West Indian cricketer
Livingstone Lusinde (born 1972), Tanzanian politician
Livingstone Sargeant (born 1947), West Indian cricketer
Livingstone Walker (1879–1940), English cricketer

 Other 
Donlevy
Clan MacLea
Gaels
Highlands of Scotland
Lowland Scots language
Livingston, West Lothian, presumed origin of the name
Living stone, common name for succulent plants of the genus Lithops
Levingston
Livingston (surname)
MacDunleavy (dynasty)

Other websites
  Highland Livingstone

References

Category:Surnames