Lio
A boys’ name of Greek origin, meaning lion; a short form of Leo.
Lio by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Lio. In the US, 24 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably 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.
Other names that come from Leo
Like Lio, each of these traces back to Leo: a form of it, a name built from it, or 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)
- 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)
- Lenosmooth, soft cloth; a form of Leo7 in the US (2017)
- 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 Lio. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a lion
Like Lio, each of these has a lion in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.