Lutgen
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Lutgen or Lütgen is a Low German, Danish, Wallonian and Luxembourgish surname.[1][2] It is derived from a diminutive of a Germanic personal name formed either with the first element liut "people" or hlod/hlut "famous" (e. g. Ludger, Ludolf, Ludwig, Luitpold, Luther) and may refer to:
- Benoît Lutgen (born 1970), Belgian politician
- James Lutgen, American convicted of manslaughter
- Guy Lutgen (1936–2020), Belgian politician
- Balthazar Lütgen, a composer
References
[edit]- ^ "Lutgen Family History". ancestry.com. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
Dutch and North German (Lütgen): from a pet form of a Germanic personal name formed with liut- 'people' or hlod- 'famous' as the first element (see for example Luther, Ludwig).
- ^ "Statistics and meaning of name Lutgen". namespedia.com. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
Surname Lutgen is used at least 744 times in at least 15 countries.