Lyman
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning dweller by the meadow.
Babies a year
15
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Lyman by the numbers
Lyman was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 220 babies in 1917, so it is a 1910s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lyman. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lycan13 in the US (2017)
- Lykan6 in the US (2017)
- Loganlittle hollow15,077 in the US (2017)
- Lamarfamous land; from Old German elements282 in the US (2017)
- Luqmanname of quranic figure, possibly swallower or absorber30 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lucanfrom Lucania; a form of Luke6 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Lyman, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
- Bentleymeadow of bent grass3,945 in the US (2017)
- Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
- Wesleywestern meadow3,607 in the US (2017)
- Ryleerye clearing; a respelling of Ryley2,971 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Lyman
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