Leon Forename
1,448th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 675,540 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guyana
Leon 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.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 162,290 | 1:2,234 | 422 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 140,185 | 1:527 | 95 |
| South Africa | 100% | 44,303 | 1:1,231 | 167 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 23,722 | 1:713 | 160 |
| Mexico | 100% | 18,563 | 1:6,688 | 690 |
| England | 100% | 18,095 | 1:3,073 | 426 |
| Colombia | 100% | 15,012 | 1:3,183 | 412 |
| Rwanda | - | 14,503 | 1:784 | 177 |
| Benin | 100% | 13,491 | 1:784 | 159 |
| Belgium | 100% | 13,400 | 1:857 | 203 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 13,301 | 1:1,777 | 420 |
| Philippines | 99% | 12,520 | 1:8,467 | 1,200 |
| Canada | 100% | 11,862 | 1:2,793 | 528 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 9,327 | 1:2,317 | 445 |
| Burundi | - | 8,690 | 1:1,140 | 371 |
| Mozambique | - | 8,160 | 1:3,339 | 695 |
| Australia | - | 7,861 | 1:1,737 | 338 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 6,126 | 1:15,926 | 2,175 |
| Peru | 100% | 6,073 | 1:5,235 | 784 |
| Kenya | - | 5,681 | 1:8,151 | 1,109 |
| Brazil | 100% | 5,581 | 1:38,387 | 2,939 |
| Israel | 98% | 5,273 | 1:1,594 | 353 |
| Poland | 99% | 5,231 | 1:7,270 | 371 |
| Russia | 99% | 4,535 | 1:31,805 | 753 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 4,455 | 1:6,779 | 808 |
| France | 100% | 4,263 | 1:15,592 | 803 |
| Ivory Coast | 98% | 4,076 | 1:5,661 | 654 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 3,945 | 1:623 | 170 |
| Argentina | 100% | 3,620 | 1:11,816 | 715 |
| Haiti | 100% | 3,331 | 1:3,220 | 491 |
| Jamaica | - | 3,108 | 1:928 | 240 |
| Burkina Faso | 99% | 3,020 | 1:6,086 | 748 |
| Guatemala | 98% | 2,946 | 1:5,468 | 646 |
| Greece | 100% | 2,932 | 1:3,729 | 317 |
| China | - | 2,807 | 1:486,660 | 25,715 |
| Germany | 100% | 2,770 | 1:34,902 | 1,221 |
| Spain | 100% | 2,695 | 1:17,265 | 1,070 |
| New Zealand | - | 2,605 | 1:1,741 | 364 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 2,200 | 1:72,482 | 5,501 |
| Sudan | 100% | 2,181 | 1:17,335 | 1,813 |
| Denmark | - | 2,130 | 1:2,652 | 410 |
| Guyana | 100% | 2,001 | 1:381 | 13 |
| Senegal | 99% | 1,839 | 1:7,929 | 645 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,788 | 1:11,633 | 1,701 |
| Zimbabwe | 98% | 1,672 | 1:9,225 | 1,258 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 1,548 | 1:29,393 | 425 |
| Togo | - | 1,483 | 1:4,881 | 807 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,460 | 1:932 | 158 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,436 | 1:48,792 | 5,279 |
| Wales | 100% | 1,398 | 1:2,213 | 378 |
| Romania | 100% | 1,364 | 1:14,701 | 1,126 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,348 | 1:20,019 | 1,515 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,340 | 1:22,994 | 3,005 |
| Guinea | - | 1,061 | 1:11,177 | 743 |
| Gabon | 100% | 922 | 1:2,043 | 490 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 907 | 1:284,414 | 25,155 |
| Croatia | 100% | 882 | 1:4,781 | 546 |
| Moldova | 100% | 882 | 1:4,038 | 319 |
| Papua New Guinea | 80% | 806 | 1:10,115 | 1,010 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 788 | 1:13,454 | 1,211 |
| Malaysia | 83% | 759 | 1:40,118 | 3,473 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 723 | 1:14,428 | 1,497 |
| Czechia | 100% | 676 | 1:15,764 | 518 |
| India | 98% | 633 | 1:1,919,239 | 101,517 |
| Cuba | - | 628 | 1:18,323 | 1,029 |
| Bahamas | - | 604 | 1:661 | 160 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 603 | 1:87,543 | 5,149 |
| Sweden | 100% | 559 | 1:17,635 | 1,280 |
| French Polynesia | - | 519 | 1:535 | 107 |
| Morocco | 100% | 519 | 1:66,182 | 2,499 |
| Scotland | 100% | 514 | 1:10,409 | 708 |
| Chad | 100% | 494 | 1:27,527 | 3,248 |
| Lebanon | 98% | 474 | 1:11,873 | 1,149 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 470 | 1:15,397 | 1,164 |
| Liberia | 98% | 466 | 1:9,468 | 897 |
| Singapore | 100% | 457 | 1:13,757 | 3,095 |
| Norway | 100% | 451 | 1:11,380 | 937 |
| Iraq | 100% | 449 | 1:77,991 | 2,154 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 419 | 1:11,379 | 1,011 |
| Belarus | 99% | 414 | 1:22,904 | 370 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 408 | 1:75,457 | 2,403 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 388 | 1:7,608 | 560 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 369 | 1:9,289 | 718 |
| Albania | 100% | 367 | 1:8,301 | 1,391 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 359 | 1:494,608 | 15,600 |
| Congo | 91% | 355 | 1:14,110 | 1,632 |
| Namibia | - | 354 | 1:6,791 | 926 |
| Ireland | 100% | 352 | 1:13,192 | 818 |
| Egypt | 100% | 325 | 1:282,772 | 9,197 |
| Panama | 100% | 321 | 1:12,170 | 1,497 |
| Zambia | - | 287 | 1:55,243 | 3,337 |
| Belize | 100% | 286 | 1:1,239 | 268 |
| Barbados | - | 280 | 1:1,035 | 241 |
| Kazakhstan | 98% | 264 | 1:67,223 | 2,418 |
| Hong Kong | - | 243 | 1:31,904 | 2,379 |
| Suriname | 100% | 230 | 1:2,404 | 565 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 224 | 1:26,868 | 1,760 |
| Mali | 100% | 221 | 1:76,822 | 3,384 |
| Austria | 100% | 216 | 1:39,418 | 1,317 |
| Ecuador | - | 208 | 1:85,226 | 2,284 |
| Swaziland | - | 205 | 1:6,342 | 1,007 |
| Fiji | - | 201 | 1:4,440 | 1,122 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 198 | 1:41,482 | 2,009 |
| Syria | - | 196 | 1:98,500 | 1,885 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 194 | 1:36,033 | 2,104 |
| Grenada | 99% | 190 | 1:569 | 80 |
| Malawi | 100% | 190 | 1:90,065 | 5,143 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 99% | 187 | 1:597 | 48 |
| Italy | 98% | 185 | 1:330,065 | 4,004 |
| Botswana | 100% | 169 | 1:12,926 | 1,739 |
| Japan | - | 166 | 1:771,000 | 13,486 |
| Mauritius | - | 164 | 1:7,913 | 1,102 |
| Chile | 100% | 163 | 1:108,020 | 2,663 |
| Turkey | 100% | 163 | 1:477,311 | 6,849 |
| Somalia | - | 160 | 1:84,537 | 3,429 |
| Honduras | 100% | 154 | 1:57,256 | 2,454 |
| Uganda | 82% | 149 | 1:274,879 | 8,272 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 148 | 1:626 | 139 |
| Georgia | 100% | 147 | 1:25,432 | 1,625 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 140 | 1:710 | 103 |
| Northern Ireland | 83% | 139 | 1:13,260 | 848 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 139 | 1:1,944 | 389 |
| Qatar | 100% | 138 | 1:17,171 | 2,552 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 134 | 1:819 | 147 |
| Kuwait | - | 133 | 1:28,461 | 2,834 |
| El Salvador | - | 115 | 1:55,146 | 1,658 |
| Kosovo | - | 115 | 1:16,186 | 2,014 |
| Oman | - | 110 | 1:37,352 | 2,259 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 108 | 1:508 | 64 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 108 | 1:1,646 | 298 |
| Latvia | 100% | 106 | 1:19,016 | 890 |
| Bahrain | - | 104 | 1:12,968 | 2,016 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 101 | 1:235,343 | 19,400 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 86 | 1:6,755 | 754 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 76 | 1:27,510 | 2,505 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 76 | 1:110,196 | 3,256 |
| Portugal | - | 74 | 1:140,687 | 3,423 |
| Guam | - | 70 | 1:2,295 | 494 |
| Estonia | 100% | 63 | 1:20,879 | 1,745 |
| Bermuda | - | 62 | 1:1,046 | 227 |
| Armenia | 100% | 61 | 1:47,848 | 1,782 |
| Finland | 100% | 60 | 1:91,386 | 2,282 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 59 | 1:59,737 | 2,462 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 59 | 1:90,001 | 947 |
| Malta | - | 57 | 1:7,533 | 851 |
| Serbia | 100% | 52 | 1:137,418 | 3,114 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 50 | 1:4,868 | 568 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 50 | 1:625 | 94 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 47 | 1:1,347 | 252 |
| South Korea | - | 43 | 1:128,940 | 5,936 |
| Aruba | - | 42 | 1:2,471 | 502 |
| Azerbaijan | 86% | 39 | 1:247,255 | 7,124 |
| Mongolia | - | 37 | 1:79,319 | 5,615 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 34 | 1:1,803 | 413 |
| Micronesia | - | 33 | 1:3,227 | 418 |
| Afghanistan | 54% | 32 | 1:1,019,485 | 12,454 |
| Pakistan | 98% | 30 | 1:6,478,589 | 55,825 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 29 | 1:30,037 | 1,606 |
| Hungary | 100% | 29 | 1:337,647 | 1,450 |
| Jersey | - | 28 | 1:3,571 | 499 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 27 | 1:3,430,486 | 3,401 |
| Angola | 100% | 25 | 1:1,078,664 | 2,481 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 25 | 1:45,508 | 307 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 23 | 1:2,136 | 447 |
| Transnistria | 86% | 22 | 1:21,620 | 499 |
| Iceland | 100% | 18 | 1:20,334 | 1,387 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 18 | 1:197,239 | 2,551 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 18 | 1:397,333 | 16,617 |
| Jordan | 100% | 17 | 1:519,222 | 3,906 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 17 | 1:351,369 | 12,997 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 17 | 1:3,216 | 586 |
| Central African Republic | - | 16 | 1:282,212 | 391 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 14 | 1:947 | 149 |
| Niger | 100% | 14 | 1:1,370,285 | 19,237 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 13 | 1:448 | 125 |
| Luxembourg | - | 12 | 1:47,004 | 1,881 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 12 | 1:2,892 | 588 |
| Algeria | - | 11 | 1:3,470,611 | 8,195 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 11 | 1:57,689 | 2,303 |
| Macau | - | 10 | 1:60,821 | 609 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Montserrat | - | 9 | 1:542 | 45 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 9 | 1:1,283,447 | 1,308 |
| Cook Islands | - | 8 | 1:2,269 | 351 |
| Iran | - | 8 | 1:9,812,108 | 27,974 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 7 | 1:291,428 | 17,845 |
| Cambodia | - | 6 | 1:2,712,222 | 28,071 |
| Dominica | - | 6 | 1:12,578 | 436 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 4 | 1:12,808 | 1,787 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Monaco | 100% | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Nauru | 100% | 3 | 1:3,976 | 333 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Palestine | 100% | 2 | 1:2,275,029 | 4,783 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
The alternate forms: Léon (34,264), Lèon (646), León (431), Leòn (20) & Leôn (2) are calculated separately.
Leon (1,103,641) may also be a surname.
Leon 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
From Leo (q. v.), it is an Italian and Russian name that has made its way among English-speaking Jews. (Swan.)
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Greek name, meaning: Of the lion nature.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Leon Forename Popularity
Leon Demographics
Leon Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 32,026 (2014)
United States
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Leon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Leon in the Russian language | ||
| Леон | leon | - |
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