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Lyon

in North Carolina

There are 977 people with the last name "Lyon" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

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Lyon 1,139
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  1. is 1,135th most common Belk
  2. is 1,136th most common Klein
  3. is 1,137th most common Lawing
  4. is 1,138th most common Witherspoon
  5. is 1,139th most common Lyon
  6. is 1,140th most common Wilkes
  7. is 1,141st most common Forrest
  8. is 1,142nd most common Foust
  9. is 1,143rd most common Peeler

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Lyon

John, James, William, Joseph, Robert, Charles, Richard, Mary, Linda, Jennifer

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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