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
August 9, 2009 · Filed under Combo's, Old fashioned names · Tagged Agnes, Alexander, Alice, Amelia, Anna, Augustus, Clara, Daisy, Dudley, Edward, Elizabeth, Eveleen, Francis, George, Gertrude, Henry, Ida, Iris, Isaac, Isabel, James, Leicester, Mabel, Margery, Mary, Mavis, May, Millicent, Paul, Percival, Solomon, Thomas, Violet, Vivian
Agnes Mabel, Margery Millicent, Clara, Mary Alice,
Henry Paul, George Alexander, Augustus,Francis Percival,
Amelia Gertrude, Violet Vivian, Iris May, Mavis Isabel,
Mabel Elizabeth,Ida Eveleen, Daisy Isabel, Isabel Anna,
Dudley Edward, Thomas Isaac, Thomas Solomon,
Leicester Henry, Henry James.
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