Liston Family History
Liston Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in Essex so named from the Old English personal name Lissa (probably a pet form of Lēofsige from lēof ‘dear beloved’ + sige ‘victory’) + tūn ‘enclosure settlement’. Scottish: habitational name from any of the places in West Lothian and Midlothian which probably have the same origin as in 1 above. This surname is also found in Ireland. Irish: Anglo-Norman name which has been in Limerick since the 13th century originally de Lexinton so presumably a habitational name from Lexington in Essex.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022