Gender Masculine
Usage German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, English, Croatian, Armenian, Late Roman
Scripts Լեո(Armenian)
Meaning & History
Derived from Latin leo meaning "lion", a cognate of Leon. It was popular among early Christians and was the name of 13 popes, including Saint Leo the Great who asserted the dominance of the Roman bishops (the popes) over all others in the 5th century. It was also borne by six Byzantine emperors and five Armenian kings. Another famous bearer was the Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), name spelled Лев in Russian, whose works include War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Leo is also a constellation and the fifth sign of the zodiac.
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Feminine FormLeola(English)
Other Languages & CulturesLeon, Leontios, Leontius(Ancient Greek) Lionel(Arthurian Romance) Leoš(Czech) Léo, Léon, Léonce, Léonel, Lionel(French) Levan(Georgian) Leon(Greek) Leone, Leonzio(Italian) Leons(Latvian) Leontes(Literature) Leonas(Lithuanian) Leon, Lew(Polish) Leão, Leonel(Portuguese) Leonti, Leontiy, Leonty, Lev, Lyov(Russian) Leon(Slovene) León, Leoncio, Leonel(Spanish)
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