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Lyon

in Louisiana

There are 172 people with the last name "Lyon" in Louisiana.

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Ranking in Louisiana

NameRank
Lyon 2,770
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  1. is 2,766th most common Chadwick
  2. is 2,767th most common Gordy
  3. is 2,768th most common Jacques
  4. is 2,769th most common Lebrun
  5. is 2,770th most common Lyon
  6. is 2,771st most common Mckey
  7. is 2,772nd most common Meek
  8. is 2,773rd most common Mize
  9. is 2,774th most common Orourke

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Lyon

John, Kimberly, Adrah, Cynthia, David, Eugene, Gilbert, James, Mark, Richard

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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