Lyness (surname)
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Lyness is a matronymic, English and Irish surname, a variation of Lines, a form of the given name Line with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.[1][2]
Notable people with the name include:
- Dean Lyness (born 1991), English footballer
- Given Lyness (born 1937), Irish cricketer
- Leslie Lyness (born 1968), American field hockey player
- Randy Lyness (born 1951), American politician
- Samuel Lyness Howe (1864–1939), Canadian politician
See also
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- All pages with titles beginning with Lyness
- All pages with titles containing Lyness
- Line (surname)
- Lines (surname)
- Lynas (surname)
- Lyne (surname)
- Lynes (surname)
References
- ↑ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 1649. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9. OCLC 964412220. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- ↑ "Lyness Surname: Meaning, Origin & Family History". SurnameDB. Retrieved 8 July 2026.