Biron: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Written in a baptism entry or a ship's list, Biron usually leads back to Byron. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “At the cattle sheds”.

A variant of Byron

The two spellings differ in a small detail: Biron has “i” where Byron has “y”. Other spellings include Bayron.

In the records

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Biron with 1,793 bearers, at rank 16,136. French birth records list 4,653 children named Biron between 1891 and 2000.

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