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Lyon

in Texas

There are 1,585 people with the last name "Lyon" in Texas.

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Ranking in Texas

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Lyon 1,446
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  1. is 1,442nd most common Landrum
  2. is 1,443rd most common Sears
  3. is 1,444th most common Tolbert
  4. is 1,445th most common Bynum
  5. is 1,446th most common Lyon
  6. is 1,447th most common Choate
  7. is 1,448th most common Petersen
  8. is 1,449th most common Simons
  9. is 1,450th most common Willingham

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Lyon

Robert, John, James, William, Charles, David, Richard, Michael, Barbara, Donna

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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