Forename Leo

Across the world, Leo (Leo , Лев , レオ , among others...) is a widespread masculine given name. The forename Leo is habitual in Macao, where it is a common principally masculine, but very infrequently female name, Hong Kong, where it is a common masculine name, and Croatia (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Russia, Philippines, and the United States. Much less frequently, Leo is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Leo is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Leo

name Lejon, name Leeuw, name ليو, name Lèv, name Leopold, name Leonas, name Lèô, name Lieue, name Lionel, name Leő, name Leonardo, name Lleó, name לאו, name Luan, name Leó, name Leò, name Ljun, name Lèó, name Leō, name Leo, name League, name Lav, name Lèò, name Лев, name Leão, name Lèõ, name Kaleo, name Leonard, name Lyon, name Лео, name Legua, name Leonidas, name Léonidas, name Leǿ, name Lêô, name Kaleolani, name レオ, name Leonid, name Leone, name Léault, name Liuni, name Lev, name Leeb, name Léo, name Léon, name Leon, name Lew, name Lèo, name ליאו, name Leons, name Légua, name Leu, name Leonīds, name Leõ, name Leô, name Leonide, name Liun, name Leonie, name León

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Leo	Germany, Italy, Indonesia, Philippines, United States
Лев	Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus, United States, Russia
レオ	Japan
ليو	Egypt, Algeria, Sudan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia
Лео	Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Russia
לאו, ליאו	Israel
Lêô, Leō	Myanmar

First names said to be same

Kaleo, Kaleolani, Lav, League, Leeb, Leeuw, Legua, Lejon, Leon, Leonard, Leonardo, Leonas, Leone, Leonid, Leonidas, Leonide, Leonie, Leons, Leonīds, Leopold, Leu, Lev, Lew, Leão, Leò, Leó, León, Leô, Leõ, Leő, Leǿ, Lieue, Lionel, Liun, Liuni, Ljun, Lleó, Luan, Lyon, Lèo, Lèv, Lèò, Lèó, Lèô, Lèõ, Léault, Légua, Léo, Léon, Léonidas,

First name Leo in the context

Leo is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Leo McGarry , the character in The West Wing; Leo Wyatt , the fictional human, Charmed; Leo Fitz , the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. character; Leo Kasper , the protagonist from the 2008 video game Manhunt 2 and Leo Manfred , the fictional character from Detroit: Become Human, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	leo of montefeltro HR (b. 270)
	leo pp. i Pope from 440 to 461, IT (b. 390)
	leo ii Byzantine emperor (467-474) (b. 467)
	leo iv Byzantine emperor (b. 750)
	leo pp. iii Pope of the Catholic Church from 795 to 816, IT (b. 750)
	leo chamaidrakon (b. 701)
	leo iv pope of the Roman Catholic Church, IT (b. 790)
	leo phokas the elder Byzantine general (b. 801)
	leo the mathematician Byzantine philosopher, mathematician and logician (b. 790)
	leo argyros 10th-century Byzantine general (b. 801)
	leo pp. viii pope, IT (b. 915)
	leo fokas Byzantine general, TR (b. 915)
	leo sarakenopoulos Byzantine general (b. 901)
	leo of synada Metropolitan of Synada (10th century) (b. 937)
	leo the deacon Byzantine historian (b. 950)