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Leo

LEE-o; LEH-o
Latin
"lion"
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By Grace Royal
Updated Wed Oct 15 2025

Leo Origin and Meaning

Variation of Leander
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Leo Rank in US Top 1000

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Popularity of the name Leo

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Famous People Named Leo

  • Saint Leo of Catania
    Italian bishop
  • Leo I
    XIII, popes
  • Leo I
    VI, Byzantine Emperors
  • Leo I
    V, Kings of Armenia
  • (Georg) Leo Graf von Caprivi
    Chancellor of Germany
  • Leonardo Wilhelm "Leo" DiCaprio
    American actor and producer
  • Leo Howard
    American actor
  • Leo Gordon Laporte
    American broadcaster and author
  • Leo Joseph Ryan
    U.S. Congressman from California
  • Lev "Leo" Nikolayevich Tolstoy
    Russian novelist
  • Leo Arnaud
    French composer
  • Leo Bernard Gorcey
    American actor
  • Leo Gratten Carroll
    English actor
  • (Clément Philibert) Léo Delibes
    French composer
  • Clarence Leonidas "Leo" Fender
    American guitar maker
  • Leo de Berardinis
    Italian actor
  • Leo Freiherr von König
    German painter
  • Gerard Hugh "Leo" Sayer
    British,Australian singer,songwriter
  • Leo Ku (Kui
    Kei), Hong Kong pop singer
  • Leo Melamed
    American attorney; chairman of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange
  • Leo Szilard
    Hungarian,American physicist and inventor
  • Joseph Viateur "Léo" Dandurand
    Canadian businessman and NHL team owner
  • Leo
    stage name of Jung Taekwoon of Korean boy band VIXX
  • Lionel "Leo" Messi
    Argentine footballer
  • Leo Burke
    ring name of Leonce Cormier, Canadian pro wrestler
  • Leo Kipling Boyer (b. 2007)
    son of actors Kim Raver and Manuel Boyer
  • Leo Benjamin Gordon (b. 2010)
    son of NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon
  • Leonardo "Leo" Encinas Cruz (b. 2011)
    son of actor Javier Bardem and actress Penelope Cruz
  • Leo Grey McElhenney (b. 2012)
    son of actors Kaitlin Olson and Rob McElhenney
  • Leo Ezra Egan (b. 2015)
    late son of TV chef Kelsey Nixon and Robby Egan
  • Leo Streitenfeld (b. 2009)
    son of actress Julie Delpy and composer Marc Streitenfeld
  • Leo Powell (b. 2011)
    son of actor Drew Powell
  • Leo James Routh (b. 2012)
    son of actors Brandon Routh and Courtney Ford
  • Leo Federer (b. 2014)
    son of tennis player Roger Federer
  • Leo Thames Newman (b. 2015)
    son of actress and model Jaime King
  • Leo Hijazi (b.2017)
    son Jaime Pressly and Hamzi Hijazi. Twin brother to Lenon Hijazi
  • Leo James Maguire (b. 2017)
    son of English actor Sean Maguire
  • Leo Hardy
    son of Tom Hardy and Charlotte Riley.

The name Leo in Pop Culture

  • Leo Valdez
    from Rick Riordan's "Heroes of Olympus" book series
  • Uncle Leo
    Jerry's Uncle on 'Seinfeld'
  • Leo Wyatt
    Charmed
  • Leo
    a Zodiac sign
  • Leo McGarry
    fictional character on the television serial drama The West Wing
  • Leo Foxe
    Donnell, character in the novel 'A Nest of Simple Folk'
  • Leo Plumb
    character in novel "The Nest"
  • Leo Biederman
    from movie "Deep Impact" played by Elijah Wood
  • Leopold "Leo" Fitz
    a character on Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
  • Leo Koenig
    from the movie "Funny People"
  • Leo Francis Dooley
    a character on the Disney XD show Lab Rats
  • Leo Fitzgerald
    character in The Willow Falls series by Wendy Mass
  • Leo Borlock
    character in Jerry Spinelli's Stargirl
  • Leo
    character portrayed by Tommy Chong on That '70s Show
  • Leo the Lion
    'Loke,' a celestial spirit in the manga/anime, 'Fairy Tail'
  • Leo Hendrie
    character from the TV series "Chasing Life", played by Scott Michael Foster
  • Leo Roth
    character on the Red Band Society played by Charlie Rowe
  • Leo Spitz
    character from the movie "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"
  • Leo Castellano
    The Mindy Project (Mindy and Danny's son)
  • Leo Callisto
    Father in the Disney Jr cartoon series "Miles from Tomorrowland"
  • Leo
    from the video game Fire Emblem: Fates.
  • Leo de la Iglesia
    American skater from the anime 'Yuri!!! on Ice'.
  • Leo Byler
    character from the movie "Mute"
  • Leo Cruz
    character from Netflix's "Greenhouse Academy"
  • Leo
    character in the video game "Stardew Valley"

International Variations of the name Leo

  • Leão
    Portuguese
  • Léo
    French
  • Leone
    Italian
  • Leonello
    Italian
  • Leonzio
    Italian
  • Lev
    Russian
  • Leos
    Slavic
  • Lio
    Hawaiian

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