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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : variant of Lygon, name of an aristocratic English family said to be of Norman origin. The name is of unknown etymology. According to Morlet it is a variant of L’Higon, a patronymic from Higon, a southern French variant of Hugo. This seems rather doubtful.
  • Polish (also Ligoń) : nickname from a derivative of Old Polish ligać ‘to lie’ or ‘to kick up a fuss’.
  • The first known Ligon immigrant to North America, Col. Thomas Lygon or Ligon, came to VA from England in 1640.

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