English / Map Form: Livingston
Gaelic Form: Baile Dhunlèibhe
Location: West Lothian
Post Town: LIVINGSTON
County: West Lothian
Local Authority: West Lothian
English / Map Form: Livingston
Gaelic Form: Baile Dhunlèibhe
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
The Gaelic form of Livingston is Mac-an Leigh: Barons of Bachuill, Celtic Review v, 362 [surname]
William Livingston, the Islay Bard, is Uilleam Macdhunleibhe. At some point the form Baile Dhunleibhe has been invented, as if meaning ‘town of the Livingstons’.
Additional Information
Livingston South (station) ~ Baile Dhunlèibhe a Deas
