The name Lanyon is a boy's name of English, Cornish, Breton origin meaning "enclosure of Lon; Parish of Huon".

A surname style choice that likely originated from a place in Cornwall, the exact etymology of the name is unknown, though "enclosure of Lon" or "farmstead of Lon" have been suggested, Lon referring to a person. Alternatively, it might have been borrowed the name of a town in Brittany, Lannion, which means "Parish of Huon" (Huon being the Breton form of Hugh).
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The name appears in the book  the <em>Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde</em> by Robert Louis Stevenson and may appeal as an alternative to Lennon, Layton, and Lachlan. 

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