Livingstone is a surname and given name.

The surname is toponymic.

It is one of the habitual surnames eventually adopted by members of the Scottish branch of the Irish Dunleavy (Gaelic language Duinnshléibhe)/MacNulty[1] royals, including the ancestors of the African missionary doctor and African explorer David Livingstone.

[2][3] There may be a relationship between the Livingstones and Clan MacLea.

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