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Leonid
OriginRussian, variation of Leonidas "lion"
Meaning"lion"
GenderBoy
NB Rank#13011
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About Leonid
Variation of Leon
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | #3,941 | 27 | 14.2 |
| 2017 | #4,859 | 20 | 10.8 |
| 2018 | #4,550 | 22 | 12.1 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | #3,960 | 27 | 15.4 |
| 2022 | #3,737 | 30 | 17.2 |
| 2023 | #4,289 | 25 | 14.6 |
| 2024 | #4,261 | 25 | 14.5 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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- Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev
former Soviet leader
- Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk
1st President of Ukraine
- Leonid Danylovych Kuchma
2nd President of Ukraine
- Leonid Vasilievich Khabarov
Russian colonel during the Afghan war
- Leonid Vitaliyevich Kantorovich
Russian Soviet economist
- Leonid "Leo" Hurwicz
Polish,American economist
- Leonid Ivanovich Rogozov
Russian physician who extracted his own appendix
- Leonid Mikhailovich Kharitonov
Russian operatic bass,baritone
- Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev
Russian Expressionist playwright
- Leonid Filatov aka Leonid the Magnificent
Russian performance artist
Leonid in pop culture
- The Leonids
a meteor shower that occurs every November
- Leonid Volkov
topman on the titular ship in the mystery video game "Return of the Obra Dinn"
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