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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish and northern Irish : nickname for a cheerful person or a busy and active one, from Middle English lyght ‘light’ (see Light 1 and 2) + body ‘individual’.
  • Scottish and northern Irish : nickname for a small person, from Middle English lite ‘little’ (see Light 3) + body ‘individual’.

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