Lyon
A boys’ name of Old French origin, meaning lion; city name.
Lyon by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Lyon. In the US, 41 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 43 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lyon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Lyon
Names that are said the same way as Lyon, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a lion
Like Lyon, each of these has a lion in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Lyon
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