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Lyon

in Minnesota

There are 403 people with the last name "Lyon" in Minnesota.

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Lyon 1,160
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  1. is 1,156th most common Schuette
  2. is 1,157th most common Watts
  3. is 1,158th most common Barr
  4. is 1,159th most common Childs
  5. is 1,160th most common Lyon
  6. is 1,161st most common Shields
  7. is 1,162nd most common Wilke
  8. is 1,163rd most common Fitzpatrick
  9. is 1,164th most common Gerads

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Lyon

David, John, James, Mary, Scott, Thomas, Michael, Paul, Robert, Christopher

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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