Name
LEON

Name LEON

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 326,662 births of Leon in the countries below, which represents an average of 2,300 births of children bearing the first name Leon per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 14,387 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Leon   
In Italiano Nome Leon   
Available variants : León , Leòn , Léon , Lèon , Lěon


Information about the first name Leon

We celebrate Leon on November 10th
The first name Leon is listed in our categories :The first name Leon has been assigned to:
99.85% to boys
0.15% to girls
The country where the first name Leon is the most common is:
US United State of America
This first name is on trend: Male
This first name has 4 letters including 2 vowels and 2 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Leon

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 Leon : Elno, Elon, Enol, Leno, Léno, Loen, Loën, Lone, Nelo, Neol, Noel, Noél, Noèl, Nole, Olen, Onel

Anacyclics of the first name Leon

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 Leon: Noel, Noél, Noèl

Leon in Japanese *

Romajireon
Katakanaレオン
Hiraganaれおん
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
Leon in Japanese
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Leon in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Leon

US English
Anagrams src :
  • Elon, Leno, NOEL, Noel, Nole, Noël, elon, enol, leno, lone, neol., noel, nole, noël, one L
Pronunciation src :
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈli.ɑn/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈliː.ɒn/
  • Rhymes: -iɑn, -iːɒn
  • Hyphenation: Le‧on
Proper noun src :
  • Leon
  • A male given name from Latin, a Greek form of Leo, or Anglicized from the French Léon or Spanish León.
  • A city, the county seat of Decatur County, Iowa, United States.
  • A surname.
Proper noun (Statistics) src :
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Leon is the 363rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 86363 individuals. Leon is most common among Hispanic/Latino (85.21%) and White (9.99%) individuals.
Middle English
Noun src :
  • leon
  • Alternative form of lyoun
Old French
Noun src :
  • leon m (oblique plural leons, nominative singular leons, nominative plural leon)
  • Alternative form of lion
Old English
Etymology src :
  • From Proto-Germanic *līhwaną. Cognate with Old High German lihan (German leihen).
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /le͜oːn/
Verb src :
  • lēon
  • to lend, loan
Interlingua
Etymology src :
Noun src :
Polish
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Latin Leō, from leō, from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn).
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.ɔn/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɔn
  • Syllabification: Le‧on
Proper noun src :
  • Leon m pers (feminine Leonia)
  • a male given name, equivalent to English Leo
SE Swedish
Anagrams src :
Proper noun src :
  • Leon c (genitive Leons)
  • a male given name, variant of Leo
DK Danish
Proper noun src :
  • Leon
  • a male given name, variant of Leo
DE German
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈleːɔn/
Proper noun src :
  • Leon m (proper noun, strong, genitive Leons)
  • a male given name, variant of Leo
Irish
Etymology src :
  • From Old Irish léoman, léo, from Latin leō.
Etymology src :
  • From Old Irish leónaid, a late form of lénaid (“impairs, injures, wounds”), from lén (“defeat, hurt, injury, misfortune, sorrow”).
Etymology (Alternative forms) src :
  • leomhan
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • leon m (genitive singular leoin, nominative plural leoin)
  • lion
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • leon (present analytic leonann, future analytic leonfaidh, verbal noun leonadh, past participle leonta)
  • (transitive) sprain
  • (transitive) injure, wound
Pronunciation src :
  • (Munster, Ulster) IPA(key): /lʲoːn̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /l̠ʲuːnˠ/
Proper noun src :
  • An Leon m (genitive an Leoin)
  • (astronomy, astrology) Leo
Occitan
Etymology src :
  • From Latin leō, leōnis.
Noun src :
  • leon m (plural leons)
  • lion
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /leˈu/
 

Popularity of the name Leon

Number of LEON births per year

Popularity of the name Leon
Popularity of the name Leon

Total births of Leon by country

Births with the first name Leon
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
172,480
150
PLPoland
2000 - 2022
42,480
0
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
20,606
0
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
12,420
319
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
11,859
0
CLChili
2010 - 2021
8,613
0
SESweden
1998 - 2022
7,629
0
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
6,690
0
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
5,838
0
NONorway
1945 - 2022
4,532
0
BRBrazil
1930 - 2022
4,495
0
BEBelgium
1995 - 2022
3,910
0
IEIreland
1964 - 2022
3,519
0
NZNew Zealand
1900 - 2022
3,112
0
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
2,604
2
SISlovenia
1992 - 2022
2,247
0
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
2,070
5
ONOntario
1913 - 2019
1,987
0
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
1,818
0
HRCroatia
2018 - 2022
1,687
0
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
1,286
0
NLNetherlands
2015 - 2022
935
0
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2022
829
0
MXMexico
2017 - 2021
824
0
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
642
0
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
629
0
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
385
2
ISIceland
2016 - 2021
25
0
SKSlovakia
2011 - 2022
19
0
PTPortugal
2014 - 2022
14
0
Popularity of the name Leon

Total births of Leon by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Leon
Country
Boys
Girls
PLPoland
2022
5,091
0
USUnited State of America
2022
2,350
0
DEGermany
2022
1,373
0
ARArgentina
2015
834
0
CLChili
2021
787
0
ATAustria
2021
663
0
GBUnited Kingdom
2021
590
0
SESweden
2022
505
0
AUAustralia
2022
376
0
CHSwitzerland
2021
315
0
HRCroatia
2022
293
0
BEBelgium
2022
259
0
NONorway
2022
164
0
QCQuebec
2022
142
0
NLNetherlands
2022
121
0
IEIreland
2022
108
0
SISlovenia
2022
99
0
ONOntario
2019
58
0
NZNew Zealand
2022
56
0
FRFrance
2022
52
0
BCBritish Columbia
2022
43
0
ABAlberta
2022
38
0
DKDenmark
2022
37
0
CZCzechoslovakia
2016
20
0
ISIceland
2021
12
0
ITItaly
2021
1
0

Comments on the name Leon

Personalities with the first name Leon

There are 566 personalities with the first name Leon

Jeff Bridges (Jeffrey Leon Bridges) src

United states of america
Photographer Actor Composer Singer Singer-songwriter Television actor Film actor Character actor Painter Voice actor Film producer

Leon Battista Alberti (Leon Battista Degli Alberti) src

Republic of genoa
Scientist Writer Architect Poet Mathematician Playwright Artist Official Organist Painter Medalist Athlete Philosopher Humanist Linguist Musicologist Sculptor Cryptographer Music theorist Art theorist Architectural theoretician

Léon Foucault (Jean Bernard Léon Foucault) src

France
Astronomer Physicist

Leon Neil Cooper src

United states of america
Physicist University teacher

Léon Blum (André Léon Blum) src

France
Diplomat Politician Journalist Literary critic

Leon Lederman src

United states of america
University teacher Particle physicist

Burt Reynolds (Burton Leon Reynolds, Jr.) src

United states of america
Screenwriter Actor Singer Film director Film producer Television actor American football player

Léon Iii L'isaurien src

Byzantine empire
Military personnel

Léon Bourgeois src

France
Judge Politician Official Diplomat

Coolio (Artis Leon Ivey Jr.) src

United states of america
Singer Rapper Voice actor Television actor Film actor


There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Leon
Full list of personalities with the first name Leon

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Leon

There are 1103 actors and actresses with the first name Leon
Leon Avtaev
Leon Masuda
Leon Rolfe
Leon Lenga-Kroma
Leon Brill
Leon Seidel
Leon Diaz
Leon Alonso
Leon Thomas Iii
Leon Li-Fu-Wu
Leon Wessel-Masannek
Leon Glatzeder
Leon Bridges
Leon Windscheid
Leon Jackson
Leon Palamarciuc
Leon Frierson
Leon Farmer
Leon Cain
Leon Shepard
Leon Bashir
Leon Lopez
Leon Ockenden
Leon Jay Williams
Leon Fan
Leon Lucev
Leon Contavesprie
Leon Dai
Leon Lai
Leon Goes

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Leon
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Leon

Rankings of first name LEON by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#6CH Switzerland2021
#7PL Poland2022
#7AT Austria2021
#11SE Sweden2022
#14HR Croatia2022
#15BE Belgium2022
#16SI Slovenia2022
#21DE Germany2022
#27AR Argentina2015
#30CL Chili2021
#37NO Norway2022
#51QC Quebec2022
#59AU Australia2022
#61IE Ireland2022
#83NZ New Zealand2022
#88IS Iceland2021
#92BC British Columbia2022
#101GB United Kingdom2021
#112AB Alberta2022
#141NL Netherlands2022
#148CZ Czechoslovakia2016
#154DK Denmark2022
#158US United State of America2022
#219ON Ontario2019
#831FR France2022
#21986IT Italy2021
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
No ranking of first name LEON (female) births over the last year available in each country
Other boys' names around Leon
LEOMARQUESLEOMARTLEOMAXLEOMENDLEOMESSILEOMILEOMIRLEOMÍRLEOMIROLEOMUS LEON LEÓNLEÒNLÉONLÈONLĚONLEONALEONADLEONADISLEONADOLEONADRDO

Other girls' names around Leon
LEOMARYSLEOMEDELEOMERLEOMIDESLEOMILDALEOMILDOLEOMIRLEOMIRALEOMORALEOMY LEON LÉONLEONALEÓNALÉONALEONAHLEONAILEONAIDELEONAIRLEONALDOLEONALINE

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