Comments for LEO:

It's also used as a nickname for names beginning with Leo.

-- Araceli  4/14/2005

Apparently Leo is sometimes given to boys by their parents who are wanting a 'lion-hearted' son.

-- nafer1  5/18/2005

'Leo' could be short for Galileo Galilie, an Italian astronomer and mathematician. I think it's an interesting name.

-- Anonymous User  6/23/2005

Leo is Piper's husband on Charmed. Leo is a sign of the Zodiac.

-- Anonymous User  9/27/2005

Leo Bloom is the name of one of the characters in The Producers, played by Gene Wilder in the Mel Brooks film.

-- Anonymous User  12/29/2005

It's pronounced lay-O in French.

-- Carby7  4/16/2006

Leo McGarry was President Bartlet's best friend and Chief of Staff on the television drama, The West Wing.

-- Nochenne  6/2/2007

Also a masculine name in Slovenia.

-- earthnut  7/3/2007

Leo Baekeland was a Belgian-American chemist and inventor; he created Bakelite, one of the earliest and most successful plastics.

Leo Burnett was a revolutionary American advertising executive, one of the first to create an single, outstanding image to symbolize a product. Among his creations are the Pillsbury Doughboy, Jolly Green Giant, Tony the Tiger, Marlboro Man, and other ad icons.

Leo Szilard was a Hungarian-American physicist involved in the Manhattan Project. He first theorized the nuclear chain reaction.

-- sarescent  10/10/2007

I really like this name! It sounds very masculine. But if I was given a name like Leonora, I'd probably use Leo as a girl name.

-- DontDissMadison  10/19/2007

Leo is the name of Radiohead drummer Phil Selway's first son.

-- scholasticastewart  11/11/2007

I love the name Leo. It sounds modern to me, not overused, and it has the same feeling as the name Jack.

-- Mrnda13  12/31/2007

Leo is the name of the main character in the book Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli.

-- Mrnda13  1/2/2008

By far, this is the most widely-accepted of the zodiac-sign names. But I wouldn't use it myself; I find it too common. That aside, it's not bad.

-- seraphine_eternal  6/15/2008

I also like Leo as a girls' name - like, for instance, as a short form of Leona or Leonie. I think it would suit a brave, strong, determined girl just as much as it would suit a boy.

-- Sophannagh  8/1/2008

Leo McKern was an Australian-born actor who starred in films such as "Help!", "A Man for All Seasons" or "Ryan's Daughter".

-- Anonymous User  10/16/2008

Leo is the name of Tony Blair's youngest son (Leo George) born in 2000. He was the first legitimate child born to a serving Prime Minister for 150 years.

-- Rose-Berry  10/28/2008

Leo du Pres was a popular character on the soap opera _All My Children_ (1999-2002), played by Josh Duhamel (Vegas, Transformers, etc.)

-- faye  1/25/2009

I don't care for this name. I prefer Leon. It's too common and people seem to think of it as a nickname, when in fact it's a given name. If you like it that much, just use Leo on its own.

-- bananarama  3/17/2009

I like the name Leo. I always think of a sunset when I see this name.

-- -Julia-  7/23/2009

Can be used as a nickname for Leopold.

-- -Julia-  11/18/2009

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