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Napoleon

OriginGreek
Meaning"lion of the new city"
GenderBoy & girl
US rank · girlsUnranked

Below 5 births

US rank · boys#4651

2025 SSA

About Napoleon

Overly ambitious choice, recently borne by the hapless hero of cult movie hit Napoleon Dynamite.

Napoleon is also given to girls.

Pronounced nuh-POH-lee-un.

As of October 2026, Napoleon ranked #5380 in US births in 1927 SSA.

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Famous Napoleons

  • Napoleon I (Napoleon BonaparteBoy

    born Napoleone di Buonaparte), Emperor of France

  • Napoléon II (Napoléon François Charles Joseph Bonaparte)Boy

    Emperor of France

  • Napoléon II (CharlesBoy

    Louis Napoléon Bonaparte), Emperor of France

  • Napoleon Buddy D'umoBoy

    American choreographer

  • Napoleon "Nip" KaufmanBoy

    American NFL football player

  • Napoleon HillBoy

    American self,help author

  • Napoleon ZervasBoy

    Greek WWII general and resistance leader

  • (Napoleon Stanisław Adam Feliks) Zygmunt KrasińskiBoy

    Polish Romantic poet

  • Napoleon PerdisBoy

    Australian makeup artist

Napoleon in pop culture

  • NapoleonBoy

    the dictator pig in George Orwell's "Animal Farm"

  • "Napoleon DynamiteBoy

    " movie and main character

  • Napoleon SoloBoy

    main character on TV's "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."

  • Napoleon Maxwell "Sock" SowachowskiBoy

    main character in Erica Wester's 2013 short film "Welcome to Hell".

  • NapoleonBoy

    lead character in the 1972 Disney film "Napoleon and Samantha"

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