Lion
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning lion; the big cat.
Lion by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Lion. In the US, 29 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 the US than in England and Wales.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lion. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Lion
Names that are said the same way as Lion, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a lion
Like Lion, each of these has a lion in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Lion
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