Byron.
A surname from Old English.
Meaning & usage
A surname from Old English.
A surname from Old English. Lord Byron, George Gordon (Noel) Byron, 6th Baron Byron (January 22, 1788–April 19, 1824), a famous English poet and leading figure in romanticism.
A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A city in Peach County, Houston County and Crawford County, Georgia.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A city in Ogle County, Illinois.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Kankakee Township, LaPorte County, Indiana.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Howard Township, Parke County, Indiana.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town in Oxford County, Maine.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A village in Burns Township, Shiawassee County, Michigan.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A city in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Osage County, Missouri.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A village in Thayer County, Nebraska.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Clark County, Nevada.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town in Genesee County, New York.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A small unincorporated community in Greene County, Ohio.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town and unincorporated community therein, in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town in Big Horn County, Wyoming.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A number of townships in the United States, listed under Byron Township.
A placename: A neighbourhood of London, Ontario, Canada.
A placename: A local government area in northern New South Wales, Australia; in full, Byron Shire.
Where this word comes from
A habitational surname from Old English byrum (“at the byre or cattleshed”).
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