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Lyon

in Florida

There are 1,275 people with the last name "Lyon" in Florida.

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Lyon 1,450
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  1. is 1,446th most common Li
  2. is 1,447th most common Delarosa
  3. is 1,448th most common Stubbs
  4. is 1,449th most common Forrest
  5. is 1,450th most common Lyon
  6. is 1,451st most common Devine
  7. is 1,452nd most common Higginbotham
  8. is 1,453rd most common Elder
  9. is 1,454th most common Riddle

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Lyon

Richard, Robert, John, Mark, Charles, William, Michael, David, James, Mary

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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