 The name "Ligeex" is conventionally described as being of Heiltsuk linguistic origin and as meaning Stone Cliff.Tradition holds that the House of Ligeex is an offshoot of another Gispaxlo'ots Laxsgiik house, the House of Nis'wa'maķ.This is one of the Gwinhuut houses deriving from migrations from Tlingit territory in what is now Alaska.