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Lyon

in New Mexico

There are 162 people with the last name "Lyon" in New Mexico.

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Ranking in New Mexico

NameRank
Lyon 1,032
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  1. is 1,028th most common Mead
  2. is 1,029th most common Miramontes
  3. is 1,030th most common Petersen
  4. is 1,031st most common Coca
  5. is 1,032nd most common Lyon
  6. is 1,033rd most common Nash
  7. is 1,034th most common Quinn
  8. is 1,035th most common Shoemaker
  9. is 1,036th most common Beard

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Lyon

Michael, Daniel, Edgar, Mary, William, Barry, Bill, Charles, Cindy, Connie

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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Michael Lyon, NM (7 searches)
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