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Lyon

in Montana

There are 82 people with the last name "Lyon" in Montana.

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Ranking in Montana

NameRank
Lyon 1,208
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  1. is 1,204th most common Holmquist
  2. is 1,205th most common Inman
  3. is 1,206th most common Jaeger
  4. is 1,207th most common Krantz
  5. is 1,208th most common Lyon
  6. is 1,209th most common Mader
  7. is 1,210th most common Read
  8. is 1,211th most common Rooney
  9. is 1,212th most common Schaffer

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Lyon

James, Charles, Donna, Jeff, Stephen, Arnold, Gary, Jason, Jerry

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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