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Lyon

in South Dakota

There are 92 people with the last name "Lyon" in South Dakota.

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Ranking in South Dakota

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Lyon 844
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  1. is 840th most common Haan
  2. is 841st most common Henning
  3. is 842nd most common Kimball
  4. is 843rd most common Lammers
  5. is 844th most common Lyon
  6. is 845th most common Mahoney
  7. is 846th most common Mielke
  8. is 847th most common Reeves
  9. is 848th most common Schofield

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Lyon

Beth, Jim, Darrell, Dennis, Don, Donette, Douglas, Jade, James, Jeff

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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