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Lyon

in Nevada

There are 216 people with the last name "Lyon" in Nevada.

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Lyon 985
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  1. is 981st most common Melton
  2. is 982nd most common Petty
  3. is 983rd most common Crosby
  4. is 984th most common Krueger
  5. is 985th most common Lyon
  6. is 986th most common Brandon
  7. is 987th most common Earl
  8. is 988th most common Gifford
  9. is 989th most common Jarvis

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Lyon

John, James, William, Keith, Richard, Thomas, David, Eric, Lawrence

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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