Lionel Forename
3,225th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 323,712 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Saint Martin
Lionel 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 ForenameLionel Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 100% | 145,826 | 1:456 | 121 |
| United States | 100% | 29,004 | 1:12,500 | 1,238 |
| Burundi | - | 14,483 | 1:684 | 212 |
| South Africa | 100% | 13,061 | 1:4,175 | 790 |
| Canada | 100% | 12,610 | 1:2,628 | 502 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 8,584 | 1:2,423 | 433 |
| England | 100% | 8,336 | 1:6,670 | 620 |
| Mozambique | - | 7,200 | 1:3,784 | 759 |
| Gabon | 100% | 6,294 | 1:299 | 29 |
| Congo | 100% | 6,206 | 1:807 | 121 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 5,744 | 1:4,114 | 873 |
| Belgium | 100% | 5,153 | 1:2,230 | 478 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 5,019 | 1:4,306 | 713 |
| Ghana | 100% | 3,821 | 1:7,063 | 770 |
| Argentina | 100% | 3,119 | 1:13,714 | 772 |
| Philippines | 99% | 3,115 | 1:34,032 | 2,888 |
| Haiti | 100% | 2,811 | 1:3,816 | 577 |
| Rwanda | - | 2,417 | 1:4,705 | 866 |
| DR Congo | 98% | 2,260 | 1:32,667 | 2,365 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 2,137 | 1:3,843 | 592 |
| Australia | - | 2,071 | 1:6,595 | 770 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,953 | 1:1,476 | 355 |
| Togo | - | 1,731 | 1:4,182 | 696 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,574 | 1:19,576 | 2,599 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,439 | 1:148,878 | 7,283 |
| Morocco | - | 1,283 | 1:26,772 | 1,476 |
| Angola | - | 1,080 | 1:24,969 | 1,864 |
| Spain | 100% | 925 | 1:50,303 | 2,008 |
| Benin | 100% | 874 | 1:12,101 | 1,538 |
| Chile | 100% | 870 | 1:20,238 | 1,102 |
| Barbados | - | 837 | 1:346 | 72 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 804 | 1:37,565 | 2,485 |
| India | 100% | 741 | 1:1,639,511 | 91,455 |
| New Zealand | - | 727 | 1:6,239 | 800 |
| Panama | 100% | 691 | 1:5,653 | 925 |
| Mexico | 99% | 687 | 1:180,705 | 3,414 |
| Peru | 99% | 685 | 1:46,411 | 2,441 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 679 | 1:44,845 | 3,793 |
| Poland | 100% | 613 | 1:62,034 | 1,561 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 550 | 1:18,966 | 1,807 |
| Singapore | 100% | 547 | 1:11,494 | 2,353 |
| Wales | 100% | 541 | 1:5,720 | 632 |
| Guyana | 100% | 536 | 1:1,424 | 259 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 534 | 1:506 | 123 |
| Thailand | 100% | 524 | 1:133,713 | 10,192 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 514 | 1:32,883 | 2,621 |
| Ivory Coast | 97% | 453 | 1:50,940 | 3,755 |
| French Polynesia | - | 438 | 1:634 | 133 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 438 | 1:1,326 | 254 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 424 | 1:367 | 91 |
| Israel | 97% | 423 | 1:19,865 | 1,885 |
| Portugal | - | 415 | 1:25,086 | 1,101 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 403 | 1:39,971 | 1,534 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 384 | 1:3,545 | 663 |
| Bahamas | - | 381 | 1:1,048 | 263 |
| Nigeria | 99% | 379 | 1:468,508 | 15,047 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 368 | 1:41,913 | 3,832 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96% | 329 | 1:24,779 | 2,460 |
| Germany | 100% | 328 | 1:294,750 | 3,862 |
| Saint Martin | - | 307 | 1:116 | 41 |
| Kenya | 100% | 301 | 1:153,844 | 6,873 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 294 | 1:36,059 | 1,782 |
| Egypt | 100% | 282 | 1:325,890 | 10,093 |
| Liberia | 99% | 281 | 1:15,701 | 1,181 |
| Belize | 100% | 265 | 1:1,337 | 296 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 237 | 1:77,551 | 4,594 |
| Fiji | - | 230 | 1:3,880 | 1,022 |
| Mali | - | 221 | 1:76,822 | 3,384 |
| China | - | 219 | 1:6,237,698 | 59,279 |
| Namibia | - | 217 | 1:11,079 | 1,301 |
| Swaziland | - | 205 | 1:6,342 | 1,007 |
| Algeria | 100% | 204 | 1:187,141 | 3,109 |
| Suriname | 100% | 197 | 1:2,806 | 651 |
| Ireland | 100% | 194 | 1:23,936 | 1,087 |
| Malawi | 100% | 190 | 1:90,065 | 5,143 |
| Scotland | 100% | 153 | 1:34,970 | 1,292 |
| Bahrain | - | 148 | 1:9,113 | 1,459 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 138 | 1:1,869,302 | 97,809 |
| Vanuatu | - | 133 | 1:1,968 | 489 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 122 | 1:900 | 177 |
| Kuwait | - | 114 | 1:33,204 | 3,097 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 110 | 1:5,128 | 560 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 108 | 1:920 | 161 |
| Colombia | 100% | 105 | 1:455,037 | 7,355 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 90 | 1:52,977 | 2,286 |
| Ecuador | - | 90 | 1:196,966 | 3,417 |
| Albania | 100% | 86 | 1:35,425 | 3,685 |
| Sweden | 97% | 83 | 1:118,770 | 4,857 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 77 | 1:46,108 | 1,343 |
| Honduras | 100% | 76 | 1:116,019 | 3,503 |
| Russia | 90% | 72 | 1:2,003,246 | 13,519 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 67 | 1:51,159 | 1,829 |
| Bermuda | - | 66 | 1:982 | 213 |
| Hong Kong | - | 65 | 1:119,273 | 2,914 |
| Japan | - | 65 | 1:1,969,016 | 19,563 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 65 | 1:844 | 164 |
| Italy | 97% | 64 | 1:954,095 | 8,381 |
| Botswana | 100% | 63 | 1:34,674 | 3,690 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 60 | 1:1,860 | 354 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 55 | 1:109,424 | 3,658 |
| Malta | - | 51 | 1:8,419 | 919 |
| Monaco | 100% | 51 | 1:754 | 150 |
| Grenada | 100% | 47 | 1:2,301 | 475 |
| Paraguay | 96% | 45 | 1:160,818 | 2,989 |
| Senegal | 100% | 45 | 1:324,030 | 5,183 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 37 | 1:66,453 | 2,374 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 36 | 1:868 | 177 |
| Lebanon | 95% | 36 | 1:156,321 | 3,880 |
| Uganda | 100% | 36 | 1:1,137,692 | 18,725 |
| Aruba | - | 33 | 1:3,145 | 634 |
| Czechia | 96% | 32 | 1:333,005 | 2,071 |
| Greece | 100% | 32 | 1:341,705 | 5,459 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 32 | 1:1,085 | 255 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 29 | 1:201 | 52 |
| Romania | - | 28 | 1:716,142 | 19,534 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 27 | 1:6,586 | 1,033 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 26 | 1:2,358 | 517 |
| Seychelles | - | 26 | 1:3,564 | 725 |
| Central African Republic | - | 25 | 1:180,616 | 330 |
| Myanmar | - | 25 | 1:2,077,931 | 882 |
| Norway | 100% | 25 | 1:205,293 | 5,123 |
| Denmark | - | 23 | 1:245,630 | 5,032 |
| Gibraltar | - | 23 | 1:1,484 | 297 |
| Jersey | - | 23 | 1:4,347 | 567 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 21 | 1:340,571 | 16,465 |
| Qatar | 100% | 20 | 1:118,480 | 12,874 |
| Iraq | - | 19 | 1:1,843,045 | 11,423 |
| Oman | - | 18 | 1:228,259 | 3,410 |
| Tunisia | - | 18 | 1:37,606 | 2,164 |
| Cuba | - | 16 | 1:719,160 | 3,314 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 16 | 1:597 | 129 |
| Austria | 100% | 15 | 1:567,613 | 5,057 |
| El Salvador | - | 15 | 1:422,786 | 4,141 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 15 | 1:3,519,221 | 24,304 |
| Vietnam | - | 15 | 1:6,174,874 | 3,722 |
| Guam | - | 14 | 1:11,475 | 1,503 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 11 | 1:574 | 149 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 10 | 1:87,108 | 2,498 |
| South Korea | - | 10 | 1:554,442 | 13,303 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Chad | 100% | 9 | 1:1,510,933 | 6,264 |
| Hungary | 100% | 9 | 1:1,087,975 | 2,994 |
| Zambia | - | 8 | 1:1,981,849 | 20,512 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 7 | 1:263,307 | 1,965 |
| Iceland | - | 7 | 1:52,288 | 2,981 |
| Pakistan | 67% | 7 | 1:27,765,383 | 122,080 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 7 | 1:3,395,669 | 64,613 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 6 | 1:2,209 | 418 |
| Finland | 85% | 6 | 1:913,864 | 8,662 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Afghanistan | - | 5 | 1:6,524,703 | 31,933 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 5 | 1:105,830 | 3,482 |
| Cook Islands | - | 5 | 1:3,631 | 547 |
| Kosovo | - | 5 | 1:372,288 | 10,773 |
| Brunei | - | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 4 | 1:4,068,332 | 35,322 |
| Dominica | - | 4 | 1:18,868 | 592 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 4 | 1:4,436,711 | 24,678 |
| Mauritius | - | 4 | 1:324,446 | 5,754 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 4 | 1:3,382 | 74 |
| Guinea | - | 3 | 1:3,952,882 | 6,312 |
| Iran | - | 3 | 1:26,165,623 | 45,792 |
| Isle of Man | - | 3 | 1:28,341 | 386 |
| Lithuania | - | 3 | 1:983,961 | 3,563 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| Nauru | 100% | 3 | 1:3,976 | 333 |
| Turkey | 100% | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Armenia | - | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Belarus | 100% | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Moldova | - | 2 | 1:1,780,570 | 7,407 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 2 | 1:95,998 | 3,765 |
| Slovakia | - | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Niger | 100% | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| San Marino | 100% | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
The alternate forms: Lionèl (1) & Lionél (1) are calculated separately.
Lionel (5,734) may also be a surname.
Lionel 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
Latin, ‘little lion,’ from Greek λέων, ‘a lion,’ should be compared with Leo, Leon, Leonard, and also with Llewellyn. It is an attractive name.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A name formed from a word leonellus, a diminutive ofthe Latin leo, a lion.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Greek (masculine) - Lion-like.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Latin name, meaning: Lion-like: little or young lion.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Lionel Forename Popularity
Lionel Demographics
Average Male Lionel Height
175.03 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 1,150 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Lionel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lionel in the Russian language | ||
| Лионель | lionel | - |
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