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Lyon

in Oklahoma

There are 472 people with the last name "Lyon" in Oklahoma.

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Ranking in Oklahoma

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Lyon 899
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  1. is 895th most common Gross
  2. is 896th most common Hatcher
  3. is 897th most common Lacy
  4. is 898th most common Landers
  5. is 899th most common Lyon
  6. is 900th most common Ragsdale
  7. is 901st most common Scroggins
  8. is 902nd most common Billings
  9. is 903rd most common Moran

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Lyon

Robert, Michael, David, Edward, Kenneth, Donna, Joe, Mark, Shannon, Danny

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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