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Lyon

in Colorado

There are 526 people with the last name "Lyon" in Colorado.

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Ranking in Colorado

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Lyon 853
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  1. is 849th most common Middleton
  2. is 850th most common Segura
  3. is 851st most common Wong
  4. is 852nd most common Guerra
  5. is 853rd most common Lyon
  6. is 854th most common Pierson
  7. is 855th most common Rangel
  8. is 856th most common Avery
  9. is 857th most common Frey

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Lyon

Robert, David, Michael, Jennifer, Richard, Susan, James, Todd, Charles, Deborah

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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Robert Lyon, CO (8 searches)
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