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Lyon

in Iowa

There are 440 people with the last name "Lyon" in Iowa.

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Ranking in Iowa

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Lyon 603
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  1. is 599th most common Cannon
  2. is 600th most common Patton
  3. is 601st most common Weiss
  4. is 602nd most common Bass
  5. is 603rd most common Lyon
  6. is 604th most common Mcclain
  7. is 605th most common Boyle
  8. is 606th most common Callahan
  9. is 607th most common Henning

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Lyon

Mark, Kathleen, Howard, James, Jessica, David, Jeffrey, Kenneth, Michael, Robert

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).

Recent Searches for "Lyon" in Iowa

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Mark Lyon, IA (9 searches)
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