Lyman

English
"meadow-dweller"

Lyman Origin and Meaning

The name Lyman is a boy's name of English origin meaning "meadow-dweller".

Almost as passé as Hyman.

# 949 in the US

Lyman Rank in US Top 1000

Famous People Named Lyman

  • Lyman Frank Baum
    American children's novelist
  • Lyman Hall
    signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, governor of Georgia
  • Lyman Wight
    American Mormon leader
  • Lyman Strong Spitzer
    Jr, American physicist and astronomer
  • Lyman Poore Duff
    8th chief justice of the Canadian Supreme Court
  • Lyman Trumbull
    U.S. Senator from Illinois, co,author of the 13th Amendment
  • Lyman Louis Lemnitzer
    former chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • Dwight Lyman Moody
    American evangelist and publisher, founder of Moody Bible Institute

Lyman in Pop Culture

  • Lyman Banner
    character in anime "Yu,Gi,Oh! GX"
  • Lyman
    discontinued character in the "Garfield" comic strip
  • Josh Lyman
    character on TV's "The West Wing"