Leyshon (also: Layson, Laysham, Leyson) is an Anglicized form of the
Welsh language
Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic language family, Celtic language of the Brittonic languages, Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales, by some in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut P ...
surname Lleision. The name originates from
Glamorganshire
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* West Glamorgan
* Mid Glamorgan
* South Glamorgan
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,
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...
and dates from the 6th Century
Welsh
Welsh may refer to:
Related to Wales
* Welsh, referring or related to Wales
* Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales
* Welsh people
People
* Welsh (surname)
* Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...
/
Brythonic language.
Notable people with the name include:
;Leyshon
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Nell Leyshon
Nell Leyshon is a British writer whose work alternates between prose, stage and radio drama. She was born and grew up in Somerset, and spent half of her childhood in Glastonbury, and the other half in a small farming village on the edge of the So ...
, British playwright and novelist
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William Leyshon
William Leyshon is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played for North Sydney, Northern Eagles, Melbourne Storm and finally Parramatta.
Playing career
Leyshon made his first grade d ...
(born 1976), Australian rugby league footballer
;Leyson
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Armando Leyson
Armando Leyson Castro (born 28 September 1956) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party. As of 2014 he served as Deputy of the LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Sinaloa
Sinaloa (), offic ...
(born 1956), Mexican politician
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Leon Leyson
Leon Leyson (born Leib Lejzon; September 15, 1929 – January 12, 2013) was a Polish-American Holocaust survivor and one of the youngest , Jews saved by Oskar Schindler. His posthumously published memoir, ''The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impo ...
(1929–2013),
Polish-American
Polish Americans ( pl, Polonia amerykańska) are Americans who either have total or partial Poles, Polish ancestry, or are citizens of the Republic of Poland. There are an estimated 9.15 million self-identified Polish Americans, representing abou ...
Holocaust survivor
Holocaust survivors are people who survived the Holocaust, defined as the persecution and attempted annihilation of the Jews by Nazi Germany and its allies before and during World War II in Europe and North Africa. There is no universally accep ...
and author
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Thomas Leyson
Thomas Leyson was a Welsh poet and physician in the 16th century.
A member of the gentry, Leyson was born in Neath, Glamorgan circa 1549 and roughly 20 miles from St. Donat's Castle. He studied at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, where ...
(16th century), Welsh poet and physician
;Layson
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Roberto Layson Roberto Layson is a Filipino Priest and a member of Oblate Missionary Immaculate, a Catholic religious organization.
Career
He wrote over 100 stories of his personal experiences in religious dialogue for his MindaNews.com column, 'Fields of Hope' ...
, Filipino priest
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Surnames of Welsh origin