English (chiefly northern England, especially Liverpool): nickname
for a messenger or for a fast runner, from Middle English lyght
‘light’, ‘nimble’, ‘quick’ (Old English lioht) + fote
‘foot’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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