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Lyon

in Ohio

There are 895 people with the last name "Lyon" in Ohio.

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Ranking in Ohio

NameRank
Lyon 1,254
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  1. is 1,250th most common John
  2. is 1,251st most common Penn
  3. is 1,252nd most common Bowles
  4. is 1,253rd most common Estes
  5. is 1,254th most common Lyon
  6. is 1,255th most common Unger
  7. is 1,256th most common Engel
  8. is 1,257th most common Rutledge
  9. is 1,258th most common Mansfield

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Lyon

William, Robert, James, Michael, Jeffrey, Charles, Mary, John, Nancy, Richard

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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