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Lyon

in California

There are 2,574 people with the last name "Lyon" in California.

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Ranking in California

NameRank
Lyon 1,091
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  1. is 1,087th most common Brandt
  2. is 1,088th most common Hodge
  3. is 1,089th most common Cowan
  4. is 1,090th most common Gabriel
  5. is 1,091st most common Lyon
  6. is 1,092nd most common Oliva
  7. is 1,093rd most common Odonnell
  8. is 1,094th most common Prieto
  9. is 1,095th most common Pak

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Lyon

David, Robert, James, John, Richard, William, Michael, Mark, George, Patricia

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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