Comments for the name Leo

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

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

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

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

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

It's pronounced lay-O in French.

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

Also a masculine name in Slovenia.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Can be used as a nickname for Leopold.

I'm bringing Leo back for a girl. I'm kidding! But it's kind of awesome, even late 19th and early 20th Century Americans used male names for females. Our generation didn't start it.

Leo Strauss (1899-1973), American philosopher and leading influential thinker and doyenne of the Neo-Conservative movement in US politics.

Leo is also Croatian. [noted -ed]

The name of one of the lions of the children's TV show "Between the Lions."

The Saints Day for Saint Leo the Great, is 18th of February for Orthodox Christians and 10th of November for Catholics. This is a good short first name for a boy, with plenty of history and suits any age. One of my children is named Leo.

I like it, when it's pronounced LEH-o.

I am warming up to the name Leo. Before falling asleep last night, I thought it would be such a cute little family of mine to have a little daughter Anna, and a baby Leo. So I like that combination now! And when I woke up, it occurred to me Leo Tolstoy wrote 'Anna Karenina'. Still, Anna and Leo make a cute sibset!

This is such a cool name; timeless, too! It'd be really cool to give this name to a son born under the Leo zodiac.
... Though in this day and age, with all the little Liams running around, you'd have to put extra emphasis on the 'o' when calling for your kid on the playground.

My Grandparents (Leone) came over from Italy and as they were let into the UK, the person at the port could not understand them and chose to shorten their name to Leo as they were let into the country.

It's also a Finnish name. Nameday June 28th. [noted -ed]

Dutch pronunciation is LAY-o. [noted -ed]

Leo Castelli (1907-1999) was an Italian-born American art dealer.

Leo is the son of American actor Jim True-Frost and his wife, Cora. Leo has a little sister named Phoebe Sylvia Rachel.

Simple, nice boys name.

Leo Spitz (portrayed by Ramon Rodriguez) is a character in Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen.

I like Leo as a full name, Leonard is kind of ugly to me. Leonardo isn't that bad though.