Leontae

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Leontae by the numbers

Leontae was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 11 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Leontae

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Leondrea form of leander; lion man20 in the US (2017)
  • Leonelion; a form of Leo or Leona4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Leonaslion; a form of leon or leonidas13 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lavontae11 in the US (2017)
  • Lamontae7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Leontae

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