Lëo

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Lëo is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country, where it is the 17th most common surname. Recorded meaning: Ultimately from Latin leō (“lion”), from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn, “lion”).

rarermore common
  • ITItaly≈1 in 3.3K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ECEcuador1 in 177as Leon
  • VEVenezuela≈1 in 260as Leon

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Lëo itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈170,000 named Leon, est.

#231 (measured from records)

of 19M surnames

7 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
566 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 3.3K (inferred from the name graph)

Italy, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

LeonLatin(measured from records)
ΛεωνGreek(measured from records)
ԼևոնArmenian(measured from records)
레오Hangul(measured from records)
ლეოGeorgian(measured from records)
เล้วอนThai(measured from records)
ЛеонCyrillic(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Leon in PE Peru, PH Philippines, VE Venezuela and 2 more, Leo in NO Norway, IT Italy, CN China and Levon in PL Poland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Lëo: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Lëo
  1. Latinleō“lion”(measured from records)
  2. Ancient Greekλέωνléōn“lion”(measured from records)

Ultimately from Latin leō (“lion”), from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn, “lion”).

Sources 9

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Lëo counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Lëo is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines#17≈170,000 est.≈1 in 651listedLeon174
CN China—≈130,000 est.≈1 in 11K—Leo99
VE Venezuela#45≈110,000 est.≈1 in 260—Leon119
ID Indonesia—≈100,000 est.≈1 in 2.6K—Leon103
PE Peru#36≈100,000 est.≈1 in 306—Leon145
EC Ecuador#795,574as Leon1 in 17796KLeon102
CR Costa Rica—20,674as Leon1 in 24721K—110
IT Italy#792≈19,000 est.≈1 in 3.3K285Leo110
NO Norway—12,712as Lien1 in 43017KLeo61
PL Poland—1021 in 375K69KLevon5

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INEC — civil registry names; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Lëo is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Indonesian given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, United States, Malaysia

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Leo, Léo, Lêö, Lèo, Lēo

  • Finnish given name20 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Finland, Hungary, Philippines

    Languages: Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian

    Also written Leo, Leó, Léo, Ľêő, Lĕo

5 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Lëo under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Lëo mean, and where does it come from?
Ultimately from Latin leō (“lion”), from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn, “lion”). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular… and 7 other sources.
Is Lëo a male or female name?
Lëo is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Lëo have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 168 thousand people named Leon in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Lëo?
In Poland, the national register counted 102 people named Lëo in 2026, about 1 in 375 thousand residents.
How common is Lëo compared with other names?
In the Philippines, Lëo is the 17th most common surname of 876,464 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lëo” — the 17th most common surname in Philippines. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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