The name Lyman has several origins including as an English topographical name, a Dutch name derived from a Germanic personal name, and an American name derived from the German Leimann or Leinemann.[1] Notable people with the name include:

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  • Abe Lyman (1897–1957), popular bandleader
  • Amasa Lyman (1813–1877), an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement
  • Arthur Lyman (1932–2002), popularizer of a jazzy style of Hawaiian music
  • Bernard Lyman, the co-founder of Lyman Brothers Boat Builders and Lyman Boat Works
  • Cam Lyman (1932–? between 1987 and 1995), transgender man, multi-millionaire, and breeder of champion spaniels
  • Chester Smith Lyman (1814–1890), American teacher, clergyman and astronomer
  • David Belden Lyman (1803–1884), missionary and founder of Hilo, Hawaii boarding school
  • Dorothy Lyman (born 1947), actress, director and producer
  • Edwin Lyman, American 20th-21st century physicist
  • Esther Lyman (1927–1991), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
  • Ethel Louise Lyman (1893–1974), American music librarian
  • Francis M. Lyman (1840–1916), member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church)
  • Hannah Lyman (1816-1871), American educator, biographer
  • Henry Herbert Lyman (1854–1914), Canadian businessman and entomologist
  • Jeff Lyman (born 1950), American football player
  • Joe Lyman, rugby league footballer of the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s
  • John Lyman (American football) (fl. 1889–1894), American college football player and coach
  • John Lyman (athlete) (1912–1989), American shot putter
  • John Goodwin Lyman (1886–1967), American-Canadian painter
  • Joseph Lyman (1840–1890), Civil War soldier, lawyer, and judge; in the 1880s, he was a two-term Republican congressman
  • Mel Lyman (1938–1978), American musician and preacher
  • Monty Lyman (born October 1992), British medical doctor and author
  • Paul Lyman (born 1965), English rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s
  • Peter Lyman (1940–2007), American professor of information science
  • Princeton Lyman (1935–2018), American diplomat
  • Richard M. Lyman (1893–1978), American politician
  • Richard R. Lyman (1870–1963), apostle in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church)
  • Richard Wall Lyman (1923–2012), American educator and historian, seventh president of Stanford University
  • Rufus Anderson Lyman (1842–1910), judge and planter from Hawaii
  • Samuel Lyman (1749–1802), Congressman from Massachusetts
  • Sheila Lyman, American politician
  • Shelby Lyman (1936–2019), American chess player
  • Stanford Lyman (1933–2003), American sociologist
  • Theodore Lyman II (1792–1849), American philanthropist, politician, and author
  • Theodore Lyman III (1833–1897), American natural scientist, Civil War Union Army lieutenant colonel, and Congressman from Massachusetts
  • Theodore Lyman IV (1874–1954), American physicist and discoverer of the Lyman series
  • Will Lyman (born 1948), American actor
  • William Whittingham Lyman Jr. (1885–1983), also known as Jack Lyman, American writer and academic, primarily in the field of Celtic studies
  • William Lyman (congressman) (1755–1811), Congressman from Massachusetts
  • William R. Lyman ("Link" Lyman, 1898–1972), professional American football player in the 1920s and 1930s

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References

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  1. ^ Hanks, Patrick (8 May 2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 478. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4.