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Lyon

in Alaska

There are 86 people with the last name "Lyon" in Alaska.

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Ranking in Alaska

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Lyon 806
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  1. is 802nd most common Atkins
  2. is 803rd most common Crow
  3. is 804th most common Dundas
  4. is 805th most common Koenig
  5. is 806th most common Lyon
  6. is 807th most common Muller
  7. is 808th most common Mullins
  8. is 809th most common Painter
  9. is 810th most common Rich

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Lyon

David, Gary, Andrew, Barbara, Carmen, Edna, Jason, Jennifer, Kevin, Rebecca

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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