Livingston

Where Livingston comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Livingston.

Livingston through the years
  1. 1890
    Debut at its peak, #994
    #994 among boys with 5 babies in the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1891
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1903
    Livingston T. Merchant born
    American diplomat
  4. 1950
    Livingston Taylor born
    American singer-songwriter
  5. 2023
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Livingston T. Merchant · American diplomat, 1903–1976
  • Livingston Taylor · American singer-songwriter, born 1950
  • Livingston Farrand · American educator, 1867–1939
  • Livingston L. Holder, Jr. · American astronaut, born 1956
  • Livingston Hall · American academic, 1903–1995

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.