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Lyon

in Mississippi

There are 291 people with the last name "Lyon" in Mississippi.

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Ranking in Mississippi

NameRank
Lyon 1,231
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  1. is 1,227th most common Dickens
  2. is 1,228th most common Gamble
  3. is 1,229th most common Battle
  4. is 1,230th most common Blankenship
  5. is 1,231st most common Lyon
  6. is 1,232nd most common Swan
  7. is 1,233rd most common Kendall
  8. is 1,234th most common Marion
  9. is 1,235th most common Shaffer

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Lyon

David, Mary, James, Lisa, Richard, Carolyn, Douglas, Eric, Jeffrey, John

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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