Lyon

in Michigan

There are 1,131 people with the last name "Lyon" in Michigan.

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Ranking in Michigan

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Lyon 746
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  1. is 742nd most common Everett
  2. is 743rd most common Hurley
  3. is 744th most common Pace
  4. is 745th most common Delong
  5. is 746th most common Lyon
  6. is 747th most common Buckley
  7. is 748th most common Singleton
  8. is 749th most common Clements
  9. is 750th most common Lewandowski

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Lyon

James, Robert, John, David, Richard, William, Michael, Thomas, Bruce, 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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