Leyon

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

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

Leyon by the numbers

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

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Leyon

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 Leyon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Leonlion526 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Levonwhite or lion; a form of Leon114 in the US (2017)
  • Leytonsettlement on a meadow21 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lyonlion; city name41 in the US (2017)
  • Lemon25 in the US (2017)
  • Leron9 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Leyon

Names that are said the same way as Leyon, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Leonelion; a form of Leo or Leona4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Leeon8 in the US (2017)
  • Lehan5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Leyon

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