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Lyon

in Washington DC

There are 62 people with the last name "Lyon" in Washington DC.

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Lyon 882
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  1. is 878th most common Foley
  2. is 879th most common Foreman
  3. is 880th most common Hickman
  4. is 881st most common Lang
  5. is 882nd most common Lyon
  6. is 883rd most common Bellamy
  7. is 884th most common Callahan
  8. is 885th most common Crawley
  9. is 886th most common Epstein

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Lyon

Enrique, Michael, Anne, Carol, David, John, Robin, Sheila, Stephanie, Ulysses

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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