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Lingg

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Lingg, like its variants Link and Linck, is a German language nickname surname for a left-handed person (from German: link "left", cf. English: leftie, southpaw).[1][2][3] It may refer to:

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  1. ^ "Lingg Name Meaning". ancestry.com. Retrieved 2020-03-05. South German: variant of Link.
  2. ^ "Link Name Meaning". ancestry.com. Retrieved 2020-03-05. German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a left-handed person, from Middle High German linc, Dutch linker, links, Yiddish link 'left (side)'. In Europe left-handed people were long regarded with suspicion as clumsy, awkward, deviant, and even untrustworthy.
  3. ^ "Lingg Surname Meaning & Statistics". forebears.io. Retrieved 2020-03-05. Approximately 2,500 people bear this surname. Most prevalent in: Germany; Highest density in: Liechtenstein.