Lyman Family History
Lyman Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land (see Layman ). Swedish: habitational name formed with man ‘man’ for someone from any of several places whose name is beginning with Ly- (e.g. Lyhundra Lydinge and Lynäs). Americanized form of German Leimann (see Leiman ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022