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Lyon

in New Hampshire

There are 184 people with the last name "Lyon" in New Hampshire.

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Ranking in New Hampshire

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Lyon 919
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  1. is 915th most common Parks
  2. is 916th most common Weston
  3. is 917th most common Grondin
  4. is 918th most common Lafleur
  5. is 919th most common Lyon
  6. is 920th most common Mccoy
  7. is 921st most common Moriarty
  8. is 922nd most common Morrissey
  9. is 923rd most common Conrad

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Lyon

John, Douglas, Todd, Jonathan, Peter, Robert, Sandra, Clement, Craig, David

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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