The surname of MUNYON was originally derived from the Old English word 'MANNINGI', a nickname for a brave and valiant man. The name is also spelt MANNING, MANNION, MANYON, MUNNING and MUNION. Surnames having a derivation from nicknames form the broadest and most miscellaneous class of surnames, encompassing many different types of origin. The most typical classes refer adjectivally to the general physical aspect of the person concerned, or to his character. Many nicknames refer to a man's size or height, while others make reference to a favoured article of clothing or style of dress. Many surnames derived from the names of animals and birds. In the Middle Ages ideas were held about the characters of other living creatures, based on observation, and these associations were reflected and reinforced by large bodies of folk tales featuring animals behaving as humans. The name was brought to England in the wake of the Norman Conquest of 1066. Early records of the name mention Mannicus (without surname) listed as a tenant in the Domesday Book of 1086. Ainulf Manning was recorded in County Essex in 1190. Algarus Manning est Upsune, 1130, County Northumberland. Semen filius Manning was documented in the year 1181 in County Essex. Henry Maninge, 1273, County Cambridge. Richard Mannyng was recorded in County Somerset, during the reign of Edward III (1327-1377) Johannes Manning of Yorkshire, was listed in the Yorkshire Poll Tax of 1379. Thomas Renshaw and Jane Mannin were married at St. George's, Hanover Square, London in 1757. The Mannin families in Ireland, and some who have anglicized their name as Manning, trace their descent from the O'Mainnin sept whose territory was in Tiaquin barony, County Galway, with a stronghold at Clogher. Ireland was one of the earliest countries to evolve a system of hereditary surnames. They came into being fairly generally in the 11th century, and indeed a few were formed before the year 1000.

Lamunyon Name Meaning From Irish Munyon under French influence, prefixed with the French definite article la. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press

This unusual name is one of the Anglicized forms of the Old Gaelic Irish "O'Mainnin", meaning "descendant of Mainnin", which is thought to be an assimilated form of "Mainchin", a diminutive of "manch", monk.

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The original Gaelic form of Munyon was O Mainnin.

Early Origins of the Munyon family The surname Munyon was first found in County Galway (Irish: Gaillimh) part of the province of Connacht, located on the west coast of the Island. Munyon migration to the United States+ Many destitute Irish families in the 18th and 19th centuries decided to leave their homeland, which had in many ways been scarred by English colonial rule. One of the most frequent destinations for these families was North America where it was possible for an Irish family to own their own parcel of land. Many of the early settlers did find land awaiting them in British North America, or even later in America, but for the majority of immigrants that arrived as a result of the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s the ownership of land was often a long way off. These Irish people were initially put to work on such industrial projects as the building of bridges, canals, and railroads, or they worked at manufacturing positions within factories. Whenever they arrived, the Irish made enormous contributions to the infant nations of Canada and the United States. Some of the earliest immigrants to bearer the name of Munyon were found through extensive research of immigration and passenger lists: