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Lyon

in Missouri

There are 523 people with the last name "Lyon" in Missouri.

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Lyon 1,239
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  1. is 1,235th most common Mcfadden
  2. is 1,236th most common Sander
  3. is 1,237th most common Wilhelm
  4. is 1,238th most common Lehman
  5. is 1,239th most common Lyon
  6. is 1,240th most common Scherer
  7. is 1,241st most common Callaway
  8. is 1,242nd most common Costello
  9. is 1,243rd most common Looney

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Lyon

William, Mary, James, Jason, Robert, Richard, John, Michael, Steven, Susan

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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