Leo
A unisex name of Latin origin, meaning lion.
How Leo has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #91 |
| 2016 | #74 |
| 2017 | #62 |
| 2018 | #50 |
| 2019 | #40 |
| 2020 | #36 |
| 2021 | #31 |
| 2022 | #22 |
| 2023 | #18 |
| 2024 | #24 |
| 2025 | #19 |
Leo by the numbers
In 2025, 3,278 babies in England and Wales were named Leo. In the US, 5,940 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
At its height, in 1895, about 1 in 250 American babies born that year was called Leo.
Names that come from Leo
Forms of Leo in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Leonalioness; feminine form of Leo555 in the US (2017)
- Lievheart; lion; a form of Lev or Leo41 in the US (2017)
- Liolion; a short form of Leo9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leonelion; a form of Leo or Leona4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leovannilion; a blended form of Leo and Giovanni11 in the US (2017)
- Leo-Jameslion; form of Leo combined with James10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leo-Jaylion; a form of Leo with Jay7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leonciolion-like; a form of Leo7 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Leo. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Leo
Names that are said the same way as Leo, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Leohlion6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a lion
Like Leo, each of these has a lion in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.