Byron
English
Etymology
Habitational surname from Old English byrum (“at the byre or cattleshed”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbaɪɹən/
Proper noun
Byron
- 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 city in Peach County, Houston County and Crawford County, Georgia.
- A city in Ogle County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Kankakee Township, LaPorte County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Howard Township, Parke County, Indiana.
- A town in Oxford County, Maine.
- A village in Burns Township, Shiawassee County, Michigan.
- A city in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Osage County, Missouri.
- A village in Thayer County, Nebraska.
- A ghost town in Clark County, Nevada.
- A town in Genesee County, New York.
- A small unincorporated community in Greene County, Ohio.
- A town in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.
- A town and unincorporated community therein, in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Big Horn County, Wyoming.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Byron Township.
- A neighbourhood of London, Ontario, Canada.
- Byron Shire, a local government area of New South Wales, Australia.
- A number of places in the United States:
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