Leonidas Forename

6,307th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 166,861 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Burundi
Highest density in:
Burundi

Leonidas Forename Definition:

Greek (masculine) - Lion-like.

Leonidas Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burundi-33,3101:29755
Peru
80%
 
21,4011:1,486297
Brazil
100%
19,8041:10,8181,183
Greece
100%
18,1821:60194
Colombia
100%
14,5121:3,292420
Dominican Republic-7,0481:1,480239
Ecuador-6,3411:2,796405
Rwanda
100%
6,0431:1,882412
Honduras
100%
4,7751:1,847318
Venezuela
100%
3,6891:8,187920
Argentina
67%
 
3,1531:13,566769
Bolivia
100%
2,7271:3,888671
Chile
94%
 
2,6901:6,545601
Nicaragua
91%
 
2,6641:2,259413
United States
86%
 
2,6611:136,2415,514
El Salvador-2,2141:2,864374
Paraguay
 
97%
2,0521:3,527602
Panama
100%
1,8621:2,098418
Philippines
 
57%
1,6231:65,3174,282
Tanzania
100%
1,5541:33,9692,866
Guatemala
93%
 
1,5431:10,440893
Uganda
84%
 
1,2241:33,4622,286
Cyprus
100%
1,2081:721117
Lithuania
100%
7551:3,910426
Costa Rica
95%
 
6981:6,831759
Ghana
100%
3371:80,0783,677
Canada
100%
3121:106,1975,278
Spain
68%
 
2501:186,1203,925
DR Congo
91%
 
2331:316,85712,497
Saudi Arabia-2331:132,24312,172
England
100%
2211:251,5976,794
Mexico
90%
 
1941:639,9206,410
Germany
100%
1891:511,5235,349
Uruguay
100%
1671:20,5251,116
Indonesia-931:2,773,803130,249
South Africa
98%
 
891:612,72627,502
Sweden
99%
 
771:128,0255,131
Belgium
100%
751:153,2014,290
Suriname-491:11,2822,027
Portugal-461:226,3234,580
Russia
95%
 
381:3,795,62420,422
Switzerland
100%
331:248,8945,304
France
100%
281:2,373,94112,997
Nigeria
99%
 
271:6,576,45889,301
Jamaica-261:110,8934,542
Italy
89%
 
231:2,654,87316,754
Czechia
100%
221:484,3712,465
Netherlands
100%
221:768,27615,209
Aruba-171:6,1051,121
Benin
100%
171:622,10818,975
Luxembourg
100%
171:33,1791,596
Thailand
99%
 
171:4,121,51884,061
United Arab Emirates-151:476,80016,943
Austria
100%
131:654,9395,517
Zimbabwe
100%
131:1,186,44739,196
Australia-121:1,138,13512,831
Papua New Guinea
100%
111:741,11953,497
Cameroon-101:2,161,05045,539
Lebanon
100%
101:562,7576,675
Angola
100%
91:2,996,2903,522
Malawi-91:1,901,3689,999
Norway
100%
91:570,2599,843
Poland
100%
91:4,225,2354,388
China-71:195,150,82673,144
Finland
100%
71:783,3127,794
Haiti-71:1,532,42218,706
Scotland
100%
71:764,3388,248
Estonia-61:219,2306,245
Israel
100%
61:1,400,48616,782
Serbia
100%
61:1,190,9546,486
Denmark-51:1,129,90012,942
Qatar
100%
51:473,92138,106
Turkey
100%
51:15,560,34240,635
Albania
100%
41:761,64222,793
Egypt-41:22,975,23627,891
Ivory Coast
100%
41:5,768,98376,946
Kazakhstan
100%
41:4,436,71124,678
New Caledonia-41:67,5412,087
Samoa-41:48,798712
Belize
100%
31:118,1035,590
Bulgaria-31:2,330,13016,302
Cuba-31:3,835,5178,849
Georgia
100%
31:1,246,15515,822
Kenya
 
33%
31:15,435,70351,312
Anguilla
100%
21:6,628945
Cape Verde-21:264,5764,841
Croatia-21:2,108,53815,895
India
100%
21:607,438,9864,324,298
Malaysia
100%
21:15,224,970260,513
Moldova
100%
21:1,780,5707,407
Puerto Rico-21:1,775,1506,781
Singapore
100%
21:3,143,52727,876
Wales
100%
21:1,547,15412,610
Zambia-21:7,927,39745,785
Ireland-11:4,643,51913,375
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
Azerbaijan-11:9,642,94442,290
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Belarus
100%
11:9,482,38420,892
Bermuda-11:64,8262,481
Botswana-11:2,184,44921,741
British Virgin Islands-11:31,2501,787
Cayman Islands-11:61,2992,487
Congo-11:5,009,20537,978
Curaçao-11:155,8031,239
Ethiopia-11:97,560,13329,608
Fiji-11:892,3783,968
Guam-11:160,6463,210
Hungary
100%
11:9,791,7716,528
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Kyrgyzstan-11:5,973,27746,622
Liberia
100%
11:4,412,06136,340
Madagascar-11:23,629,4086,628
Monaco-11:38,4662,379
Morocco-11:34,348,63618,260
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Pakistan-11:194,357,680303,535
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Saint Lucia
100%
11:177,8158,104
São Tomé and Príncipe
100%
11:191,9975,295
Senegal-11:14,581,35634,505
Slovakia-11:5,310,0639,949
Slovenia-11:2,458,7586,723
South Korea-11:5,544,42137,250
Sri Lanka-11:20,799,08716,824
Taiwan-11:23,769,682193,280
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Turks and Caicos Islands-11:34,7071,398
Ukraine-11:45,499,90832,056
Vietnam-11:92,623,11310,484

The alternate forms: Leônidas (197), Léonidas (40), Leónidas (28), Lèonidas (5), Leõnidas (1), Leonídas (1), Leònidas (1) & Leönidas (1) are calculated separately.

Leonidas (28,461) may also be a surname.

Leonidas Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Greek (masculine) - Lion-like.

What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody

A Greek name, meaning: Lion-like.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Leonidas Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

Leonidas Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Leonidas in the Russian language
Леонидасleonidas-

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