De Ligt
De Ligt is a Dutch surname.[1][2] It is the Old Dutch spelling and homophone of "de licht" meaning "the light one" and thus is a nickname for a slight person,[3] belonging to the kind of family names derived from personal characteristics,[1] roughly corresponding to the English surname Light and German family name Leicht. Notable people with the surname include:
- Bart de Ligt (1883–1938), Dutch anarcho-pacifist and antimilitarist
- Matthijs de Ligt (born 1999), Dutch footballer
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Ligt, de". cbgfamilienamen.nl. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
- ^ "de Ligt Surname". forebears.io. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
- ^ "Licht Name Meaning". ancestry.com. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
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