Genealogy Projects tagged with Lion on the Geni Family Tree

Lyon Family

Scottish English and French: from the personal name Middle English Lyon Old French Leon (from Latin leo ‘lion’ or the cognate Greek leōn; see Leon ). Compare Lyall . Scottish and English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Lyons-la-Forêt in Eure Normandy. It is unlikely to be from the better-known southern French city of Lyon (see 5 below). English and French: nickname from Middle Englis...