Names

Gaelic form of McAlister.

From the given name Maas.

From Chinese 马 (mǎ) meaning “horse”.

Variant of Lyon 1.

From the given name Leon.

From a nickname derived from Old French and Middle English lion meaning “lion”.

Originally denoted a person from the city of Lyon in central France, originally Latin Lugdunum, of Gaulish origin meaning “hill fort of Lugus”. It could also denote a person from the small town of Lyons-la-Forêt in Normandy.

Variant of Linwood.

Variant of Linton.

From the name of a town in Norfolk (King’s Lynn), derived from Welsh llyn meaning “lake”.