Lyon

in Alabama

There are 254 people with the last name "Lyon" in Alabama.

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Ranking in Alabama

NameRank
Lyon 2,219
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  1. is 2,215th most common Harless
  2. is 2,216th most common Jewell
  3. is 2,217th most common Killough
  4. is 2,218th most common Shook
  5. is 2,219th most common Lyon
  6. is 2,220th most common Mizell
  7. is 2,221st most common Murrell
  8. is 2,222nd most common Pool
  9. is 2,223rd most common Sweeney

Similar Names and Nicknames

Lyons, Leon, Lynn, Looney, Leone, Luoma, Leoni, Lynne, Lion, Leona

Most Common First Names for Lyon

William, John, Carl, David, Gaylord, Carol, Dwight, James, Carolyn, Doug



Meaning & History

Scottish, English and French: from Old French, Middle English lion (Latin leo, genitive leonis), hence a nickname for a fierce or brave warrior, or a habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a lion.

Scottish, English, French, and Dutch: habitational name from the city of Lyon in south central France (English name: Lyons), or from the smaller Lyons-la-Forêt in Eure, Normandy. The name of the former is recorded in the 1st century BC as Lugdunum and is from the name of a Celtic god Lug (or this as a personal name, from a word meaning ‘brightness’) + dunon ‘hill fort’.

Scottish and English: from the name Leo(n) (from Latin leo ‘lion’, or the cognate Greek leōn), borne by numerous early martyrs and thirteen popes.

Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Laighin (see Lane 2).


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