Leonel Forename
2,495th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 412,879 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Mozambique
Highest density in:
Mozambique
Leonel Forename Definition:
A male name. apparently a French diminutive in -el of Leon or Lion (see Leo). In the reign of Edward III (who himself named one of his ss. Lionel) there is mention of one Leo, Lionel, or Lionet de Bradenham. The surnames Linnell and possibly Lyall, Lyell are from it.
Read More About This ForenameLeonel Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | - | 76,318 | 1:357 | 59 |
| Mexico | 100% | 70,600 | 1:1,758 | 295 |
| Colombia | 100% | 36,417 | 1:1,312 | 200 |
| Angola | 100% | 30,366 | 1:888 | 188 |
| Brazil | 100% | 25,759 | 1:8,317 | 994 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 21,423 | 1:752 | 162 |
| United States | 100% | 19,816 | 1:18,295 | 1,553 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 18,596 | 1:1,624 | 251 |
| Cuba | - | 17,876 | 1:644 | 154 |
| Chile | 100% | 12,803 | 1:1,375 | 239 |
| Philippines | 98% | 8,991 | 1:11,791 | 1,507 |
| Portugal | - | 8,071 | 1:1,290 | 180 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 7,881 | 1:764 | 145 |
| Honduras | 100% | 7,146 | 1:1,234 | 217 |
| Argentina | 100% | 6,249 | 1:6,845 | 547 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 5,992 | 1:1,741 | 275 |
| Haiti | 100% | 5,156 | 1:2,080 | 327 |
| Ecuador | - | 4,875 | 1:3,636 | 475 |
| Peru | 100% | 4,496 | 1:7,071 | 940 |
| El Salvador | - | 4,133 | 1:1,534 | 245 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 3,829 | 1:1,245 | 256 |
| Panama | 100% | 3,471 | 1:1,125 | 209 |
| Cameroon | 74% | 3,053 | 1:7,078 | 968 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 2,167 | 1:1,582 | 240 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 1,251 | 1:8,474 | 961 |
| Spain | 100% | 778 | 1:59,807 | 2,203 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 491 | 1:391 | 37 |
| Gabon | 100% | 401 | 1:4,697 | 951 |
| Congo | 100% | 395 | 1:12,682 | 1,511 |
| Canada | 100% | 382 | 1:86,737 | 4,660 |
| France | 100% | 341 | 1:194,928 | 3,210 |
| Chad | 100% | 309 | 1:44,008 | 4,322 |
| Ghana | 100% | 281 | 1:96,036 | 4,158 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Cape Verde | - | 209 | 1:2,532 | 415 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 205 | 1:360,135 | 13,694 |
| Belize | 100% | 192 | 1:1,845 | 413 |
| South Africa | 92% | 173 | 1:315,218 | 17,553 |
| Benin | 100% | 162 | 1:65,283 | 4,691 |
| England | 93% | 141 | 1:394,347 | 9,116 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 139 | 1:59,090 | 2,390 |
| Albania | 100% | 111 | 1:27,447 | 3,126 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 88 | 1:40,344 | 1,263 |
| Germany | 100% | 78 | 1:1,239,460 | 8,838 |
| Belgium | 100% | 66 | 1:174,092 | 4,584 |
| Suriname | 100% | 66 | 1:8,376 | 1,618 |
| Nigeria | 96% | 62 | 1:2,863,941 | 50,739 |
| Sweden | 100% | 59 | 1:167,083 | 6,176 |
| Russia | 89% | 53 | 1:2,721,391 | 16,427 |
| East Timor | - | 49 | 1:24,865 | 87 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 49 | 1:5,264,565 | 205,196 |
| Ivory Coast | 95% | 45 | 1:512,799 | 18,942 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 43 | 1:427,430 | 15,261 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 35 | 1:16,116 | 1,095 |
| Thailand | 100% | 35 | 1:2,001,880 | 55,915 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 33 | 1:512,184 | 12,382 |
| India | 100% | 26 | 1:46,726,076 | 818,939 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 25 | 1:616,953 | 25,845 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 23 | 1:314,644 | 4,015 |
| Australia | - | 22 | 1:620,801 | 9,053 |
| Seychelles | - | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 18 | 1:1,691,663 | 51,518 |
| Aruba | - | 17 | 1:6,105 | 1,121 |
| Italy | 99% | 17 | 1:3,591,888 | 20,165 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 16 | 1:108,014 | 84 |
| Norway | 100% | 16 | 1:320,771 | 6,812 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 13 | 1:1,828,437 | 49,694 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 12 | 1:595,999 | 19,549 |
| Central African Republic | - | 9 | 1:501,710 | 504 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Liberia | 100% | 8 | 1:551,508 | 14,444 |
| Namibia | - | 8 | 1:300,522 | 5,486 |
| Kenya | - | 7 | 1:6,615,301 | 31,578 |
| Singapore | - | 7 | 1:898,151 | 14,197 |
| Japan | - | 6 | 1:21,331,010 | 46,700 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 6 | 1:409,793 | 5,154 |
| Croatia | 100% | 5 | 1:843,415 | 7,845 |
| Jersey | - | 5 | 1:19,996 | 1,220 |
| Qatar | 100% | 5 | 1:473,921 | 38,106 |
| Senegal | 100% | 5 | 1:2,916,271 | 15,947 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,410,736 | 23,569 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Greece | - | 4 | 1:2,733,637 | 12,935 |
| Guyana | - | 4 | 1:190,816 | 11,826 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 4 | 1:4,436,711 | 24,678 |
| Malawi | - | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Poland | - | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Saint Martin | - | 4 | 1:8,936 | 133 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 4 | 1:13,197,080 | 50,227 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 4 | 1:340,355 | 15,394 |
| Vietnam | - | 4 | 1:23,155,778 | 5,302 |
| China | - | 3 | 1:455,351,927 | 89,064 |
| Czechia | 100% | 3 | 1:3,552,054 | 6,491 |
| Georgia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Jamaica | - | 3 | 1:961,076 | 14,069 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 3 | 1:2,717,438 | 132,395 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 3 | 1:59,272 | 4,116 |
| Scotland | - | 3 | 1:1,783,455 | 14,297 |
| Wales | 100% | 3 | 1:1,031,436 | 10,092 |
| Ireland | - | 2 | 1:2,321,760 | 8,894 |
| Austria | 100% | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Kosovo | - | 2 | 1:930,720 | 16,593 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Brunei | 100% | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Israel | 94% | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Lèonel (88), Léonel (56), Leonél (3) & Leónel (2) are calculated separately.
Leonel (18,375) may also be a surname.
Leonel Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. apparently a French diminutive in -el of Leon or Lion (see Leo). In the reign of Edward III (who himself named one of his ss. Lionel) there is mention of one Leo, Lionel, or Lionet de Bradenham. The surnames Linnell and possibly Lyall, Lyell are from it. C. W. Bardsley, Dictionary of English and WelshSurnames (pub. 1901) gives many examples of the christian name Lyell or Lyonet in the North in the 16th and 17th C.
Leonel Hundred Rolls 1273. Leonel, Lyonel 15th-C Brut. Liellus Feudal Aids 1428. Lyonell Yorks Rec 1604.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Leonel Forename Popularity
Leonel Demographics
Leonel Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 1,905 (2014)
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Leonel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Leonel in the Russian language | ||
| Леонель | leonel | - |
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