Corleone

A boys’ name of Italian origin, meaning lion heart; from Italian surname.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Corleone by the numbers

Corleone was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 9 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Corleone. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Carletonsettlement of the peasants or freemen5 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a lion

Like Corleone, each of these has a lion in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Ariamelody, air; lioness7,160 in the US (2017)
  • Leolion3,278 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Leonardobrave lion; from Germanic elements4,113 in the US (2017)
  • Ariellion of god2,655 in the US (2017)
  • Leonlion526 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Arilion; my lion1,122 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Corleone

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