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:
South German: variant of Link.
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.
Approximately 2,500 people bear this surname. Most prevalent in: Germany; Highest density in: Liechtenstein.