Name

Name LEÓN

Between 1900 and 2022 there were 1,802 births of León in the countries below, which represents an average of 15 births of children bearing the first name León per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 37 births.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom León
In Italiano

Nome León

Available variants : Leon , Leòn , Léon , Lèon , Lěon

Information about the first name León

We celebrate León on November 10th

The first name León has been assigned to:

100.00% to boys
0.00% to girls

The country where the first name León is the most common is:

Chili

This first name is on trend: Male

This first name has 4 letters including 2 vowels and 2 consonants

Anagrams of the first name León

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of León : Elno, Elon, Enol, Leno, Léno, Loen, Loën, Lone, Nelo, Neol, Noel, Noél, Noèl, Nole, Olen, Onel

Anacyclics of the first name León

An anacyclic is a word or phrase that can be read in the normal sense of reading or in the opposite direction. Here is the list of names that are anonymous of the given name León: Noel, Noél, Noèl

León in Japanese ^*

Romaji	reon
Katakana	レオン
Hiragana	れおん
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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León in sign language

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León in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name León

English

Etymology

From Spanish León, from Latin legiō. The area in Spain was named after a Roman legion settling there, the Legio VII Gemina. Doublet of legion, which was borrowed through Old French.

Anagrams

Elon, Leno, NOEL, Noel, Nole, Noël, elon, enol, leno, lone, neol., noel, nole, noël, one L

Proper noun

León
A medieval kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula.
Region in north-west Spain, now a part of the autonomous region Castilla y León.
A province of Castile and León, Spain.
A city in León, Spain.
A department of Nicaragua.
A city of Mexican state of Guanajuato.

Proper noun (Derived terms)

Leon County

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin leōnem (compare Catalan lleó, French lion, Galician león, Italian leone, Portuguese leão, Romanian leu), from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn), of Semitic origin. Doublet of leu.

Etymology

Inherited from Latin legiōnem. The places in Spain are named after the Roman legion that settled them, the Legio VII Gemina. Doublet of legión, which was a learned borrowing.

Etymology

From Latin Leone, ablative of Leo, from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn).

Etymology (Proper noun)

León m
León (a province of Castile and León, Spain; capital: León)
León (a city in Castile and León, Spain)
León (a department of Nicaragua)
A city in Mexico
a habitational surname

Etymology (Proper noun)

León m
a male given name, equivalent to English Leon
a surname originating as a patronymic

Anagrams

Noel
leño
leñó

Anagrams

leño

Noun

león m (plural leones, feminine leona, feminine plural leonas)
lion
antlion
Synonym: hormiga león
(heraldry) lion
(figuratively) a brave person
(Central America, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela) cougar, puma, mountain lion
Synonyms: león de montaña, pantera, puma
(soccer) a person connected with Athletic Bilbao, a Spanish football team from the city of Bilbao

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /leˈon/ [leˈõn]
Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: Le‧ón

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /leˈon/ [leˈõn]
(Castilian)
Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: le‧ón
IPA(key): /leo̯n/

Noun (Descendants)

→ Guaraní: leõ
→ Kapampangan: leon
→ Papiamentu: leon
→ Quechua: liyun

Noun (Hyponyms)

León de Nemea

Galician

Etymology

From Latin leō.

Noun

león m (plural leóns)
lion

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /lɪˈɔŋ/

Popularity of the name León

Number of LEÓN births per year

Popularity of the name León

Total births of León by country

		Births with the first name León
Country		Boys Girls
	Chili 2010 - 2021	1,180 0
	Sweden 1998 - 2022	232 0
	Germany 2000 - 2022	155 0
	Switzerland 1909 - 2021	122 0
	Belgium 1995 - 2022	88 0
	Denmark 1985 - 2022	11 0
	Ireland 1964 - 2022	6 0
	Czechoslovakia 1900 - 2016	5 0
	Slovakia 2011 - 2022	2 0
	Alberta 1980 - 2022	1 0

Popularity of the name León

Total births of León by country (last available year)

		Births with the first name León
Country		Boys Girls
	Germany 2022	14 0
	Sweden 2022	9 0
	Switzerland 2021	7 0
	Belgium 2022	5 0
	Czechoslovakia 2016	1 0
	Denmark 2022	1 0

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Personalities with the first name León

There are 566 personalities with the first name León

Jeff Bridges (Jeffrey Leon Bridges)

United states of america
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Leon Battista Alberti (Leon Battista Degli Alberti)

Republic of genoa
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