Lydon
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning from the hill settlement.
Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Lydon by the numbers
Lydon was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 14 babies in 1964, making it a 1960s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lydon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lyndonlinden tree hill; from a place name183 in the US (2017)
- Lyonlion; city name41 in the US (2017)
- Ladon12 in the US (2017)
- Landonlong hill; open grassy hill6,390 in the US (2017)
- Laytonsettlement on the lea; a place name68 in England and Wales (2025)
- Levonwhite or lion; a form of Leon114 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a mountain
Like Lydon, each of these has a mountain in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aaronmountain of strength; exalted7,185 in the US (2017)
- Brandonbeacon hill or gorse covered hill3,482 in the US (2017)
- Arlofortified hill; barberry tree2,083 in England and Wales (2025)
- Knoxround hill1,646 in the US (2017)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
- Landenlong hill or open grassy hill; a spelling variant of Landon755 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Lydon
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