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Lyon

in Delaware

There are 50 people with the last name "Lyon" in Delaware.

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Ranking in Delaware

NameRank
Lyon 1,901
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  1. is 1,897th most common Hilton
  2. is 1,898th most common Loveless
  3. is 1,899th most common Lowry
  4. is 1,900th most common Lum
  5. is 1,901st most common Lyon
  6. is 1,902nd most common Mattson
  7. is 1,903rd most common Mejia
  8. is 1,904th most common Oakley
  9. is 1,905th most common Oleary

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Lyon

Michael, Ann, Charles, Constance, Dawn, Donald, George, Mark, Mary, Sharon

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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Michael Lyon, DE (7 searches)
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