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

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