Lingen History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Lingen

What does the name Lingen mean?

The roots of the German surname Lingen lie in the former royal duchy of Swabia, now the modern region of Baden-Wurttemburg. The surname is derived from the name of the town of Lingenfeld, located south of the city of Heidelberg. The name was most likely originally borne by someone who came from this village.

Early Origins of the Lingen family

The surname Lingen was first found in Lingenfeld, a small town located south of Heidelberg near the French border. It was common practice in the early Middle Ages to take on a surname derived from the name of one's city of origin, particularly when one was moving from that city to settle somewhere else; thus, the earliest bearers of the surname were probably former residents of Lingenfeld who had moved to another town.

Early History of the Lingen family

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Lingen Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lingenfelter, Lingenfelder, von Linggenfeld, Lingen, Lingg, Ling and many more.

Early Notables of the Lingen family

Lingenfelter (b. 1834), a merchant in Iowa...

Lingen migration to the United States +

Lingen Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

George and John Lingen, who settled in Philadelphia in 1837
Kaatje Van Lingen, who arrived in Baltimore, Maryland in 1847 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Lingen (post 1700) +

Ralph Robert Wheeler Lingen KCB (1819-1905), 1st Baron Lingen, English civil servant
Sir Henry Lingen, British Royalist commander during the English Civil War

Sources +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)