Lancon Family History
Lancon Name Meaning
French (Lançon): diminutive of Lance ‘lance spear’ or perhaps a topographic name for someone who lived in a thickly wooded area or a metonymic occupational name for a woodcutter from Old French lançon ‘branch of a tree’. Compare Lanson . French (Lançon): habitational name from the town so named in Bouches-du-Rhône. American French: shortened form of Melançon (see Melancon ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022