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Lyon

in New York

There are 1,302 people with the last name "Lyon" in New York.

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Ranking in New York

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Lyon 1,155
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  1. is 1,151st most common Mcleod
  2. is 1,152nd most common Spence
  3. is 1,153rd most common Cain
  4. is 1,154th most common Lebron
  5. is 1,155th most common Lyon
  6. is 1,156th most common Coughlin
  7. is 1,157th most common Platt
  8. is 1,158th most common Kurtz
  9. is 1,159th most common Palermo

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Lyon

David, Robert, Richard, Mary, Michael, James, William, Charles, Jennifer, John

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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