Linger Family History
Linger Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English lynger ‘maker or seller of linen cloth’ (Old French lingier; see 3 below). Compare Liner German: habitational name for someone from Lingen in Lower Saxony or Linge in the Rhineland. French: occupational name for a maker of or dealer in linen goods from Old French lingier an agent derivative of linge ‘linen goods’ (see Linge ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022