How to pronounce Lithgow?

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Pronunciation of Lithgow in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Lithgow is pronounced as

L IH TH g oh

l sounds like the 'l' in 'let'
ih sounds like the 'i' in 'it'
th sounds like the 'th' in 'thin'
g sounds like the 'g' in 'go'
oh sounds like the 'o' in 'so'


Lithgow is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ L IH TH g oh ]

L IH TH g oh
let it thin go so

Type of Name:

Last Name

Language:

Scottish

Alternate Spelling(s):

Lithgoe, Lithcau, Lithcow, Lythgoe

Meaning:

The origins are Gaelic: llaith meaning damp and cau meaning hollow.

Additional Information:

In the annals of Scottish history, few names go farther back than Lithgow, whose ancestors go back to the people of the Boernician tribe. The first family to use the name Lithgow lived in Linlithgow, located between Edinburgh and Falkirk. The place-name's origins are in the Gaelic: llyn meaning lake or pool, llaith meaning damp, and cau meaning hollow.

The surname Lithgow was first found in Linlithgow, a Royal Burgh in West Lothian, Scotland. One of the earliest records of the name was Magister Symon de Lynlithcu who witnessed an instrument at the church of Cargil in 1225. A few years later in 1245, Petrus de Linlithqw was a canon of the priory of St. Andrews. His successor was Chief of the family name, son of John, and he was confirmed in his lands at Berwick on Tweed in 1280 and 1290. John de Lithcu rendered to Exchequer the account of his disbursements in connection with King Roberts I.


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Pronunciation of Lithgow in Chicago, Illinois, USA

LITH go
(Rhymes with "with Joe")


Type of Name:

Last Name

Language:

Scottish

Alternate Spelling(s):

Lithgoe, Lithcau, Lithcow, Lythgoe

Meaning:

The origins are Gaelic: llaith meaning damp and cau meaning hollow.

Additional Information:

In the annals of Scottish history, few names go farther back than Lithgow, whose ancestors go back to the people of the Boernician tribe. The first family to use the name Lithgow lived in Linlithgow, located between Edinburgh and Falkirk. The place-name's origins are in the Gaelic: llyn meaning lake or pool, llaith meaning damp, and cau meaning hollow.

The surname Lithgow was first found in Linlithgow, a Royal Burgh in West Lothian, Scotland. One of the earliest records of the name was Magister Symon de Lynlithcu who witnessed an instrument at the church of Cargil in 1225. A few years later in 1245, Petrus de Linlithqw was a canon of the priory of St. Andrews. His successor was Chief of the family name, son of John, and he was confirmed in his lands at Berwick on Tweed in 1280 and 1290. John de Lithcu rendered to Exchequer the account of his disbursements in connection with King Roberts I.


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