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Lyon

in North Dakota

There are 57 people with the last name "Lyon" in North Dakota.

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Ranking in North Dakota

NameRank
Lyon 1,461
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  1. is 1,457th most common Korynta
  2. is 1,458th most common Kuehn
  3. is 1,459th most common Kvamme
  4. is 1,460th most common Lucas
  5. is 1,461st most common Lyon
  6. is 1,462nd most common Maas
  7. is 1,463rd most common Mcmillan
  8. is 1,464th most common Morast
  9. is 1,465th most common Morrow

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Lyon

John, Dennis, Jennifer, Jerry, Joseph, Richard, Tonya, Aaron, Carolyn, Cary

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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