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Lyon

in Maine

There are 153 people with the last name "Lyon" in Maine.

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Ranking in Maine

NameRank
Lyon 1,376
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  1. is 1,372nd most common Temple
  2. is 1,373rd most common Wilder
  3. is 1,374th most common Bourassa
  4. is 1,375th most common Gustafson
  5. is 1,376th most common Lyon
  6. is 1,377th most common Melvin
  7. is 1,378th most common Skillings
  8. is 1,379th most common Sutton
  9. is 1,380th most common Theberge

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Lyon

Rupert, David, George, Henry, John, Kenneth, Claude, Ida, Peter, Brenda

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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