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Lyon

in Kentucky

There are 494 people with the last name "Lyon" in Kentucky.

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Ranking in Kentucky

NameRank
Lyon 1,051
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  1. is 1,047th most common Walsh
  2. is 1,048th most common Atkinson
  3. is 1,049th most common Carrier
  4. is 1,050th most common Herron
  5. is 1,051st most common Lyon
  6. is 1,052nd most common Hahn
  7. is 1,053rd most common Brummett
  8. is 1,054th most common Roby
  9. is 1,055th most common Cruse

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Lyon

James, Mary, Linda, William, John, Michael, Joseph, Richard, 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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