Deleon

A unisex name of Spanish origin, meaning of the lion; from Leon.

Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Deleon by the numbers

Deleon was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 24 babies in 2002, making it a 2000s name.

Other names that come from Leon

Like Deleon, each of these traces back to Leon: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Levonwhite or lion; a form of Leon114 in the US (2017)
  • Leonelllion; an elaborated form of Leon11 in the US (2017)
  • Leonilion; a form of Leon11 in the US (2017)
  • Leondralion woman; a feminine form of Leon5 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Dereon19 in the US (2017)
  • Delon17 in the US (2017)
  • Dillonloyal; from gaelic dillidh583 in the US (2017)
  • Devonfrom devonshire or the devon valley484 in the US (2017)
  • Devendescendant of Damhán; fawn-like; a spelling variant of Devin89 in the US (2017)
  • Daveon34 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a lion

Like Deleon, 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 Deleon

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