Lingo (surname)
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The Scottish surname
Lingo is derived from the lands of Lingoch in the parish
of Carnbee, County
Fife
, Scotland
. The earliest known recorded use of the surname in Scotland
is by Ulf de Lingoch, who witnessed a charter
granted in the early 13th century.
The Lingo estate lands, located on Ling Burn near the town of Carnbee in the East Neuk of Fife, northwest of Pittenweem
, belonged to the Monastery of Pittenweem
prior to 1534, and were partly in possession of the Borthwicks of Lingo from 1534 until 1671, after which date they were held by the Hamiltons of Kilbrackmont until 1739, when they were purchased by Thomas Dalyell, a descendant of the Dalyells of Binns
; in 1895 they were held by Ralph Dalyell, Esquire.
Lingo House, the seat of the ancient estate, is located about halfway between St. Andrews and Pittenweem
, situated about a mile to the north of the B940 road, approximately 2 miles east of its junction with the A915 (St. Andrews to Largo). The name Lingo most likely stemmed from the name of the neighboring stream, Ling Burn, combined with the Scottish word "auch" or "och" for field or enclosure to form "lingoch," which evolved into its present abbreviated form. Lingo and names like it, including Balerno
, Catto
, Mallo
, Patillo (Pittilloch), Rollo
(Rolloch), Romanno, and Stobo (in Peebleshire) are not always clearly recognized as Gaelic because they do not fit the "normal" Gaelic form for names. The surname Casto
is Scottish as well. There are many place names in Fife that end in -o, including Balcormo, Baldutho, Ballo Reservoir, Balmerino
, Balmullo
, Buddo Ness, Cambo Ness, Clatto Hill, Dunino, and Kippo, and in surrounding areas a cursory search turned up Aberlemno
, Balerno
, Balmanno Hill, Chatto
, Kintillo, and Ratho Station
(Edinburgh). Down through the centuries, the ancient pronunciation and spelling of Lingoch was shortened to Lingo, and that form has been in use since at least the 17th century, with some variations. The surname is occasionally found spelled Lingoe and Lingow, and has at times been confused with Ling, Linge, and Lingon.
The Lingo surname is included in a list of sept
s of Clan Graham
provided by the 7th Duke of Montrose
, late Chief of all the Grahams. Enquiry of the Chief was made, but to date no explanation has been forthcoming for how the surname came to be on the list. Perhaps the Grahams at some time held the Lingoch estate, and thus the family residing on the estate came under the influence of Clan Graham
and was deemed a sept. A Graham clan history states that Lingo is a cadet
line of the Grahams of Knockdolian in Carrick
descended from Walter, youngest son of Sir William de Graham and the Princess Mary
, daughter of Robert III, but does not provide other details. Other origins have been conjectured for this surname, including Italian by way of Ireland, French, Norwegian, and Welsh, but no other origin has been satisfactorily documented, and the presence of Lingoes in America long before the American Revolution
, their close alliance with settlers of predominantly British stock, and the frequent bestowal of such archetypal Scottish names as James Stuart Lingo, strongly suggest that some, at least, of the American Lingo families were of British origin.
The earliest certain record of the Lingo surname in the New World
that has been documented is that of Elizabeth Lingoe marrying Edwards Dunstan on 12 May 1661 in Hungar's Parish in Northampton County, Virginia
, on the southern part of the Delaware, Maryland, Virginia ("DelMarVa") peninsula. A number of Lingo families lived on the Delmarva Peninsula
in the early colonial period, and Lingoes were in that county at least through 1733. In the early 19th century, several Lingo families migrated westward into Ohio
and southward into the Carolinas
, Georgia
, Tennessee
, Arkansas
, Illinois
, and Missouri
, and eventually further out, and descendants are now found across the United States.
Surname
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Lingo is derived from the lands of Lingoch in the parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
of Carnbee, County
County
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Fife
Fife
Fife is a council area and former county of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire...
, Scotland
Scotland
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. The earliest known recorded use of the surname in Scotland
Scotland
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is by Ulf de Lingoch, who witnessed a charter
Charter
A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified...
granted in the early 13th century.
The Lingo estate lands, located on Ling Burn near the town of Carnbee in the East Neuk of Fife, northwest of Pittenweem
Pittenweem
Pittenweem is a small and secluded fishing village and civil parish tucked in the corner of Fife on the east coast of Scotland. According to the 2006 estimate, the village has a population of 1,600. At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,747....
, belonged to the Monastery of Pittenweem
Pittenweem Priory
Pittenweem Priory is the name of an Augustinian priory located at the village of Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland. It was originally a Benedictine abbey founded from Reading Abbey and based on the Isle of May...
prior to 1534, and were partly in possession of the Borthwicks of Lingo from 1534 until 1671, after which date they were held by the Hamiltons of Kilbrackmont until 1739, when they were purchased by Thomas Dalyell, a descendant of the Dalyells of Binns
Dalyell Baronets
The Dalyell Baronetcy is a baronetcy in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, which was created 7 November 1685 for the Scottish General, Thomas Dalyell of the Binns. The succession of the title is interesting in that it was created with remainder to his eldest son and heirs male, yet failing that, could...
; in 1895 they were held by Ralph Dalyell, Esquire.
Lingo House, the seat of the ancient estate, is located about halfway between St. Andrews and Pittenweem
Pittenweem
Pittenweem is a small and secluded fishing village and civil parish tucked in the corner of Fife on the east coast of Scotland. According to the 2006 estimate, the village has a population of 1,600. At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,747....
, situated about a mile to the north of the B940 road, approximately 2 miles east of its junction with the A915 (St. Andrews to Largo). The name Lingo most likely stemmed from the name of the neighboring stream, Ling Burn, combined with the Scottish word "auch" or "och" for field or enclosure to form "lingoch," which evolved into its present abbreviated form. Lingo and names like it, including Balerno
Balerno
Balerno is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland situated 12 kilometres south west of the city centre, next to Juniper Green and Currie. Administratively, Balerno falls within the jurisdiction of the City of Edinburgh Council.- History :...
, Catto
Catto
Catto is a prehistoric monument in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, but may also be a surname:* Henry E. Catto, Jr., American businessman and ambassador* Jamie Catto, British singer/songwriter* Jeremy Catto, British historian...
, Mallo
Mallo
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, Patillo (Pittilloch), Rollo
Rollo
Rollo has multiple meanings. It may mean:a first name*Rollo Armstrong, member of British dance act Faithless* Rollo May, American psychologist...
(Rolloch), Romanno, and Stobo (in Peebleshire) are not always clearly recognized as Gaelic because they do not fit the "normal" Gaelic form for names. The surname Casto
Casto
Casto is a comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy....
is Scottish as well. There are many place names in Fife that end in -o, including Balcormo, Baldutho, Ballo Reservoir, Balmerino
Balmerino
Balmerino was a bay Thoroughbred stallion that was foaled at Cambridge in the Waikato region of New Zealand. He later became a champion racehorse with many international successes.-Breeding:...
, Balmullo
Balmullo
Balmullo is a village in Fife, Scotland. It is from the town of St Andrews and near to the villages of Lucklawhill, Guardbridge, Dairsie and Leuchars...
, Buddo Ness, Cambo Ness, Clatto Hill, Dunino, and Kippo, and in surrounding areas a cursory search turned up Aberlemno
Aberlemno
Aberlemno is a parish and small village in the Scottish council area of Angus. It is noted for three large carved Pictish stones dating from the 7th and 8th centuries AD ; the stones can be viewed at any time in spring-autumn, but are covered by wooden boxes in the winter to prevent frost damage...
, Balerno
Balerno
Balerno is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland situated 12 kilometres south west of the city centre, next to Juniper Green and Currie. Administratively, Balerno falls within the jurisdiction of the City of Edinburgh Council.- History :...
, Balmanno Hill, Chatto
Chatto
Chatto may refer to:* Chatto , Chiricahua Apache chief* Beth Chatto , plantswoman, garden designer and author* Virendranath Chattopadhyaya , prominent Bengali Indian revolutionary...
, Kintillo, and Ratho Station
Ratho Station
Ratho Station is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.It is located south of Edinburgh Airport; the community has a population of approximately 600...
(Edinburgh). Down through the centuries, the ancient pronunciation and spelling of Lingoch was shortened to Lingo, and that form has been in use since at least the 17th century, with some variations. The surname is occasionally found spelled Lingoe and Lingow, and has at times been confused with Ling, Linge, and Lingon.
The Lingo surname is included in a list of sept
Sept
A sept is an English word for a division of a family, especially a division of a clan. The word might have its origin from Latin saeptum "enclosure, fold", or it can be an alteration of sect.The term is found in both Ireland and Scotland...
s of Clan Graham
Clan Graham
Clan Graham is a Scottish clan who had territories in both the Scottish Highlands and Lowlands.-Origins:Legend has it that the first Graham was one Gramus who forced a breach in the Roman Antonine wall known as Graeme's Dyke in 420 A.D...
provided by the 7th Duke of Montrose
Duke of Montrose
The title of Duke of Montrose was created twice in the peerage of Scotland, firstly in 1488 for David Lindsay, 5th Earl of Crawford. It was forfeited and then returned, but only for the period of the holder's lifetime...
, late Chief of all the Grahams. Enquiry of the Chief was made, but to date no explanation has been forthcoming for how the surname came to be on the list. Perhaps the Grahams at some time held the Lingoch estate, and thus the family residing on the estate came under the influence of Clan Graham
Clan Graham
Clan Graham is a Scottish clan who had territories in both the Scottish Highlands and Lowlands.-Origins:Legend has it that the first Graham was one Gramus who forced a breach in the Roman Antonine wall known as Graeme's Dyke in 420 A.D...
and was deemed a sept. A Graham clan history states that Lingo is a cadet
Cadet
A cadet is a trainee to become an officer in the military, often a person who is a junior trainee. The term comes from the term "cadet" for younger sons of a noble family.- Military context :...
line of the Grahams of Knockdolian in Carrick
Carrick
Carrick is the Anglicised version of creag/carraig, Gaelic for "rock", and may refer to:- Ireland :*Carrickmacross*Carrick-on-Suir*Carrick-on-Shannon*Carrick, Co...
descended from Walter, youngest son of Sir William de Graham and the Princess Mary
Princess Mary
-People:* Mary Tudor, Queen of France , daughter of Henry VII of England* Queen Mary I of England ,known as "Princess Mary" before her accession* Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange , daughter of Charles I of England...
, daughter of Robert III, but does not provide other details. Other origins have been conjectured for this surname, including Italian by way of Ireland, French, Norwegian, and Welsh, but no other origin has been satisfactorily documented, and the presence of Lingoes in America long before the American Revolution
American Revolution
The American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America...
, their close alliance with settlers of predominantly British stock, and the frequent bestowal of such archetypal Scottish names as James Stuart Lingo, strongly suggest that some, at least, of the American Lingo families were of British origin.
The earliest certain record of the Lingo surname in the New World
New World
The New World is one of the names used for the Western Hemisphere, specifically America and sometimes Oceania . The term originated in the late 15th century, when America had been recently discovered by European explorers, expanding the geographical horizon of the people of the European middle...
that has been documented is that of Elizabeth Lingoe marrying Edwards Dunstan on 12 May 1661 in Hungar's Parish in Northampton County, Virginia
Northampton County, Virginia
As of the census of 2010, there were 12,389 people, 5,321 households, and 3,543 families residing in the county. The population density was 63 people per square mile . There were 6,547 housing units at an average density of 32 per square mile...
, on the southern part of the Delaware, Maryland, Virginia ("DelMarVa") peninsula. A number of Lingo families lived on the Delmarva Peninsula
Delmarva Peninsula
The Delmarva Peninsula is a large peninsula on the East Coast of the United States, occupied by most of Delaware and portions of Maryland and Virginia...
in the early colonial period, and Lingoes were in that county at least through 1733. In the early 19th century, several Lingo families migrated westward into Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
and southward into the Carolinas
The Carolinas
The Carolinas is a term used in the United States to refer collectively to the states of North and South Carolina. Together, the two states + have a population of 13,942,126. "Carolina" would be the fifth most populous state behind California, Texas, New York, and Florida...
, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
, Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
, Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
, and Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
, and eventually further out, and descendants are now found across the United States.
Holders of the name
These include:- Albert J. LingoAlbert J. LingoColonel Albert J. Lingo, also known as Al Lingo was a career Alabama Highway Patrolman who served as Director of the Alabama Department of Public Safety from 1963 to 1965, including the turbulent early 1960s years marked by marches and demonstrations that characterized the civil rights movement in...
, Alabama Highway Patrolman and Director of the Alabama Department of Public Safety 1963-1965 - Edward H. LingoEdward H. LingoEdward H. Lingo, born October 12, 1838 at Millsboro, Sussex County, Delaware, died January 27, 1927 at Denison, Grayson County, Texas, was a Texas lumberman...
, Texas and Southwest U.S. lumberman - George A. LingoGeorge A. LingoGeorge Archibald Lingo , was a Democratic politician from the U.S. territory of Alaska, commemorated as "a pioneer Alaskan in the true sense of the word."...
, Alaska pioneer - Jane Tunstall LingoJane Tunstall LingoJane Tunstall Lingo, born September 7, 1924, in the District of Columbia, died February 23, 2007 in Alexandria, Virginia, was a pioneering journalist, long-time employee of George Washington University, and active socialite who counted President Harry Truman's daughter Margaret Truman among her...
, Washington D.C. journalist, university administrator, socialite - John LingoJohn LingoJohn Lingo, born possibly ca. 1500-1510, was Vicar of St. Hilary, in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales from after 1554 through ca. 1560/1.Lingo was a former monk and chantry priest, first documented at Llantarnam, a former Cistercian monastery located near the present day suburb of Cwmbran, in southeast...
, Vicar of St. Hilary from aft. 1554 through ca. 1560/1 - Walter H. LingoWalter LingoWalter Lingo was a Airedale breeder from La Rue, Ohio. During the 1920s, he owned the Oorang Dog Kennels. As a way of promoting his kennels, Lingo financed a National Football League franchise, called the Oorang Indians in 1922.-Dog breeder:...
, 20th Century entrepreneur - Lingo, Christian rapper
U.S. places named Lingo
- Lingo, MissouriLingo, MissouriLingo is a community in Macon County, Missouri, west of the city of Macon. The village was named for an early settler, Samuel Sanders Lingo, who was born August 9, 1805 in South Carolina, and was a prominent figure as county judge in Macon County for 25 years.Located between Brush Creek and the...
, a community in Macon County, Missouri - Lingo, New MexicoLingo, New MexicoLingo is a populated place in Roosevelt County, New Mexico located at latitude 33.7884278 and longitude -103.1146674, at 3,986 feet of elevation. The original name given the settlement in 1916 was “Need”, but U.S. postal authorities said that was too much like “Weed” in Otero County, New Mexico,...
, a community in Roosevelt County, New Mexico - Lingo CanyonLingo CanyonLingo Canyon is a canyon in San Luis Obispo county in California.It was named for George Washington Lingo, an early settler. George Washington Lingo was a native of Randolph County, Missouri, where he was born on March 25, 1833, a son of Samuel Lingo, a Carolinian who came to Missouri by way of...
, San Luis Obispo County, California