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Lyon

in Virginia

There are 651 people with the last name "Lyon" in Virginia.

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Lyon 1,252
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  1. is 1,248th most common Alderman
  2. is 1,249th most common Childs
  3. is 1,250th most common Schroeder
  4. is 1,251st most common Armentrout
  5. is 1,252nd most common Lyon
  6. is 1,253rd most common Wampler
  7. is 1,254th most common Daly
  8. is 1,255th most common Travis
  9. is 1,256th most common Ventura

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Lyon

David, Robert, John, James, William, Michael, Charles, Richard, Thomas, Betty

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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