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.

Lyman Rank in US Top 1000

# 949 in the US

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

The name 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"