February 4, 2010 · Filed under Names · Tagged Alec, Angelina, Anne, Barbara, Brad, Carl, Charlotte, Darien, Darren, Francisco, Godfrey, Indie-Rose, James, Jamin, Jane, Joey, Jonathan, Kai, Knox, Kyle, Lena, Leo, Leon, Leonas, Leonces, Leoncio, Leondris, Leone, Leonek, Leonetti, Leoni, Leonid, Leonidas, Leonirez, Leonizio, Leonon, Leons, Leontes, Leonti, Leontios, Leontrae, Leonzio, Leos, Lioni, Lionisio, Lionni, Liutas, Marieanne, Michael, Miranda, Vivian
Still in limbo here, but hot in Germany and moving throughout Europe.Brad and Angelina used it for their twin son Knox‘s middle name.
Nicknames & Variations:
Leontes, Leonizio, Liutas, Leoni, Leonirez, Lionisio, Leonon, Leonas, Lioni, Lionni, Leontrae, Leons, Leondris, Leonek, Leontios, Leonetti, Leonidas
International Variations:
Léonce, Léon (French) Leo (German) Leonzio, Leone (Italian) Leonid(Russian) Leonti, Leos (Slavic) Leoncio (Spanish) (nameberry.com)
Derived from Greek λεων (leon) meaning “lion”. This name was borne by a 6th-century BC king of Sparta. During the Christian era it was merged with the Latin cognateLeo, with the result that the two forms are used somewhat interchangeably across European languages. In England during the Middle Ages this was a common name among Jews. A famous bearer was Leon Trotsky (1879-1940), a Russian Communist revolutionary. (behindthename.com)
Global Popularity
of the Name Leon (babynamewizard.com)
#1 in Germany
#3 in Switzerland (German)
#21 in Austria
#34 in Norway
#35 in Slovenia
#48 in Sweden
#62 in Scotland
#74 in Ireland
#75 in England
#241 in Canada (Quebec)
#271 in Canada (British Columbia)
#502 in United States
Baby Name Wizard Known Siblings
October 22, 2009 · Filed under Cemetery records, Old fashioned names · Tagged Ada, Adah, Alastair, Alia, Alice, Ann, Barbara, Basil, Calvert, Chantelle, Coral, Delia, Doris, Dorothy, Elizabeth, Elsie, Evelyn, Francis, George, Hilda, Ida, Isabella, James, Jane, Kate, Leo, Lily, Lucy, Margaret, Martha, Maud, Myrtle, Newton, Noeline, Olive, Philiis, Rae, Randall, Roselene, Rosemary, Sadie, Sidney, Sydney, Thelma, Trevor, Valentine, Viola, Wilfred, William
Newton Calvert, Alastair George, William Valentine, James Leo, Wilfred Trevor, Sydney Randall, William Sidney, Basil.
Coral Rae, Martha Elizabeth, Thelma Evelyn Lucy, Delia Barbara, Dorothy Evelyn, Phillis Hilda, Francis Jane, Sadie Alia, Doris Kate, Ada Jane, Lily Maud, Alice Isabella, Rosemary Ann, Noeline Alice, Olive, Ida, Adah Elsie, Chantelle Roselene Margaret, Myrtle Alice, Viola.
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