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Lyon

in Nebraska

There are 173 people with the last name "Lyon" in Nebraska.

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Ranking in Nebraska

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Lyon 965
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  1. is 961st most common Herrick
  2. is 962nd most common Kay
  3. is 963rd most common Laughlin
  4. is 964th most common Lemke
  5. is 965th most common Lyon
  6. is 966th most common Munson
  7. is 967th most common Poole
  8. is 968th most common Bray
  9. is 969th most common Bruning

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Lyon

Andrew, Harold, Carl, Gerald, Leon, Mark, Marlin, Mary, Roger, Ross

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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