Leo Forename
2,024th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 498,860 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
San Marino
Leo Forename Definition:
A male name. Greek λέων, Latin leo ‘lion’; the name of ten popes. Léon is a fairly common name in France, and Leon or Lyon is found in England in the Middle Ages, usually as a Jewish name. Leon is at the present time a common Jewish name in the USA and Leo is occasionally used in England.
Read More About This ForenameLeo Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 128,422 | 1:2,823 | 488 |
| Philippines | 99% | 117,897 | 1:899 | 170 |
| Germany | 100% | 38,126 | 1:2,536 | 373 |
| Indonesia | 99% | 27,222 | 1:9,476 | 1,298 |
| Canada | 100% | 26,398 | 1:1,255 | 287 |
| Uganda | 99% | 17,200 | 1:2,381 | 341 |
| Spain | 100% | 15,508 | 1:3,000 | 358 |
| Brazil | 100% | 15,498 | 1:13,823 | 1,430 |
| Belgium | 100% | 10,642 | 1:1,080 | 260 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 10,406 | 1:783 | 88 |
| Finland | 100% | 7,498 | 1:731 | 183 |
| Italy | 99% | 5,962 | 1:10,242 | 634 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 4,919 | 1:36,098 | 2,985 |
| Vietnam | 60% | 4,847 | 1:19,109 | 527 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 4,757 | 1:1,727 | 355 |
| England | 100% | 4,450 | 1:12,495 | 924 |
| Austria | 100% | 4,263 | 1:1,997 | 285 |
| Ireland | 99% | 3,550 | 1:1,308 | 228 |
| Tanzania | 99% | 3,483 | 1:15,156 | 1,698 |
| India | 98% | 3,415 | 1:355,748 | 31,518 |
| Denmark | - | 3,272 | 1:1,727 | 296 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 2,226 | 1:6,929 | 1,012 |
| Sweden | 100% | 2,206 | 1:4,469 | 521 |
| Mexico | 96% | 2,014 | 1:61,641 | 2,057 |
| Zambia | - | 1,773 | 1:8,942 | 1,018 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1,741 | 1:2,534 | 365 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1,692 | 1:10,114 | 1,122 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,601 | 1:43,764 | 4,898 |
| Venezuela | 95% | 1,514 | 1:19,948 | 1,684 |
| Peru | 98% | 1,421 | 1:22,373 | 1,703 |
| Czechia | 98% | 1,405 | 1:7,584 | 401 |
| South Africa | 96% | 1,381 | 1:39,488 | 4,369 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 1,292 | 1:16,726 | 1,627 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,223 | 1:8,529 | 1,050 |
| Colombia | 78% | 1,170 | 1:40,837 | 2,043 |
| Croatia | 100% | 1,067 | 1:3,952 | 495 |
| France | 100% | 1,001 | 1:66,404 | 1,780 |
| New Zealand | - | 898 | 1:5,051 | 701 |
| Kenya | 89% | 817 | 1:56,679 | 3,696 |
| Argentina | 98% | 780 | 1:54,837 | 1,463 |
| Estonia | 100% | 685 | 1:1,920 | 430 |
| DR Congo | 84% | 664 | 1:111,186 | 5,786 |
| Egypt | 100% | 651 | 1:141,169 | 5,768 |
| Jamaica | - | 635 | 1:4,541 | 754 |
| Israel | 90% | 629 | 1:13,359 | 1,502 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 618 | 1:3,979 | 546 |
| Australia | - | 567 | 1:24,088 | 1,575 |
| Taiwan | 57% | 566 | 1:41,996 | 6,661 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 527 | 1:2,583 | 501 |
| Georgia | 98% | 408 | 1:9,163 | 870 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 392 | 1:4,702 | 549 |
| Albania | 100% | 340 | 1:8,960 | 1,455 |
| Ecuador | - | 300 | 1:59,090 | 1,910 |
| Namibia | - | 274 | 1:8,774 | 1,085 |
| Norway | 100% | 257 | 1:19,970 | 1,209 |
| Haiti | 93% | 255 | 1:42,066 | 2,906 |
| Bahamas | - | 253 | 1:1,579 | 371 |
| Nicaragua | 95% | 249 | 1:24,170 | 1,664 |
| Scotland | 100% | 249 | 1:21,487 | 1,005 |
| Ivory Coast | 57% | 243 | 1:94,963 | 5,885 |
| Chile | 95% | 236 | 1:74,607 | 2,181 |
| Netherlands | 99% | 208 | 1:81,260 | 4,578 |
| Saint Lucia | 98% | 208 | 1:855 | 129 |
| Senegal | 86% | 193 | 1:75,551 | 2,456 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 178 | 1:19,946 | 916 |
| Congo | 50% | 165 | 1:30,359 | 2,719 |
| Panama | 100% | 164 | 1:23,820 | 2,204 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 159 | 1:66,675 | 2,181 |
| Uruguay | 91% | 152 | 1:22,550 | 1,175 |
| Guyana | 91% | 147 | 1:5,192 | 939 |
| Honduras | 86% | 145 | 1:60,810 | 2,532 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 137 | 1:38,760 | 680 |
| Malaysia | 89% | 132 | 1:230,681 | 12,762 |
| Barbados | - | 128 | 1:2,264 | 485 |
| Swaziland | - | 128 | 1:10,158 | 1,360 |
| El Salvador | - | 123 | 1:51,559 | 1,612 |
| Wales | 100% | 120 | 1:25,786 | 1,261 |
| Paraguay | 95% | 119 | 1:60,813 | 2,019 |
| Botswana | 100% | 116 | 1:18,831 | 2,313 |
| Kuwait | - | 114 | 1:33,204 | 3,097 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 104 | 1:45,846 | 2,113 |
| San Marino | 100% | 98 | 1:336 | 91 |
| Micronesia | - | 94 | 1:1,133 | 171 |
| Russia | 87% | 92 | 1:1,567,758 | 11,487 |
| Belize | 100% | 89 | 1:3,981 | 849 |
| Suriname | 100% | 82 | 1:6,742 | 1,371 |
| Latvia | 100% | 77 | 1:26,177 | 1,036 |
| Guam | - | 73 | 1:2,201 | 474 |
| Grenada | 97% | 69 | 1:1,567 | 333 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 69 | 1:8,175 | 725 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 68 | 1:1,614 | 323 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 63 | 1:9,222 | 952 |
| American Samoa | - | 52 | 1:1,074 | 130 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 48 | 1:4,049,118 | 41,937 |
| Qatar | 100% | 46 | 1:51,513 | 6,571 |
| French Polynesia | - | 43 | 1:6,463 | 978 |
| Aruba | - | 42 | 1:2,471 | 502 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 90% | 42 | 1:2,657 | 514 |
| Serbia | 100% | 42 | 1:170,136 | 3,354 |
| Ukraine | 67% | 37 | 1:1,229,727 | 3,798 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 36 | 1:1,052 | 221 |
| Belarus | 82% | 32 | 1:296,324 | 2,238 |
| Greenland | - | 31 | 1:1,818 | 338 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| Burkina Faso | 54% | 27 | 1:680,721 | 21,030 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 26 | 1:2,103 | 430 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 23 | 1:4,322 | 830 |
| Benin | 79% | 23 | 1:459,819 | 15,743 |
| Brunei | - | 22 | 1:19,071 | 1,213 |
| Lebanon | 71% | 22 | 1:255,799 | 4,758 |
| Afghanistan | 62% | 20 | 1:1,631,176 | 16,044 |
| China | - | 20 | 1:68,302,789 | 63,189 |
| Hungary | 99% | 19 | 1:515,356 | 1,894 |
| Iran | 89% | 19 | 1:4,131,414 | 17,591 |
| Iceland | 100% | 18 | 1:20,334 | 1,387 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 18 | 1:2,846 | 424 |
| Singapore | 93% | 18 | 1:349,281 | 9,934 |
| Bermuda | - | 17 | 1:3,813 | 661 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 17 | 1:15,892 | 1,309 |
| Greece | - | 13 | 1:841,119 | 8,698 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 12 | 1:20,285 | 1,106 |
| Armenia | 100% | 12 | 1:243,229 | 3,990 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 12 | 1:2,892 | 588 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 11 | 1:320,405 | 4,213 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 11 | 1:650,181 | 20,553 |
| Jersey | 100% | 10 | 1:9,998 | 868 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 10 | 1:63,458 | 2,374 |
| Angola | 100% | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 9 | 1:776,710 | 9,666 |
| Ghana | 100% | 9 | 1:2,998,468 | 5,965 |
| Myanmar | - | 9 | 1:5,772,030 | 1,432 |
| Rwanda | 50% | 9 | 1:1,263,493 | 1,939 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 9 | 1:3,423,618 | 14,711 |
| Sudan | 100% | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Vanuatu | - | 9 | 1:29,088 | 709 |
| Curaçao | - | 8 | 1:19,475 | 726 |
| Dominica | - | 8 | 1:9,434 | 375 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 7 | 1:7,018 | 922 |
| Tunisia | - | 7 | 1:96,700 | 5,802 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 6 | 1:2,684,738 | 6,435 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 6 | 1:348,460 | 8,117 |
| Romania | 100% | 6 | 1:3,341,996 | 26,471 |
| Anguilla | 50% | 5 | 1:2,651 | 523 |
| Azerbaijan | 50% | 5 | 1:1,928,589 | 20,785 |
| Chad | 100% | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Gabon | - | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Hong Kong | - | 4 | 1:1,938,181 | 8,439 |
| Kiribati | - | 4 | 1:28,348 | 503 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Turkey | 50% | 4 | 1:19,450,427 | 45,600 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Kosovo | - | 3 | 1:620,480 | 13,695 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 3 | 1:679,999 | 29,822 |
| South Korea | - | 3 | 1:1,848,140 | 23,578 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Poland | 98% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 1 | 1:53,551 | 905 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
The alternate forms: Léo (703), Leó (136) & Lèo (97) are calculated separately.
Leo (107,324) may also be a surname.
Leo Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Greek λέων, Latin leo ‘lion’; the name of ten popes. Léon is a fairly common name in France, and Leon or Lyon is found in England in the Middle Ages, usually as a Jewish name. Leon is at the present time a common Jewish name in the USA and Leo is occasionally used in England.
Leonidem (acc.) Curia Regis Rolls 1199. Leon Curia Regis Rolls 1213-15, Exchequer Rolls 1306. Leo Hundred Rolls 1273.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Greek, ‘a lion.’ So ‘thrilling’ a name was certain to achieve popularity, but in common with most such names, it is rapidly becoming less frequent; it is still, however, something of a favourite with lovers of the occult, since Leo is the fifth sign of the Zodiac. Cf. Lionel, q. v.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A lion, Latin
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Greek (masculine) - Lion-like.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Greek name, meaning: Lion.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Leo Forename Popularity
Leo Demographics
Average Leo Salary in
United States
$42,457 USD
Per year
Rank:
218,066 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0407955
Rank: 440 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
97.54%
Sample size: 79,209 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Leo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Leo in the Russian language | ||
| Лео | leo | - |
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