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Globally, Lione (Lyon , Lione , Лео ) is quite a rare largely masculine, but uncommonly feminine first name. The first name Lione is characteristic of Malta, where it is quite a rare male name, Serbia, and Kazakhstan. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Brazil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Kazakhstan. More prevalently, Lione is the last name as well as the forename.
Lione 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 Kasper , the protagonist from the 2008 video game Manhunt 2; Leo Manfred , the fictional character from Detroit: Become Human and Schugger Leo , the fictional character from The Tin Drum by Günter Grass, and in many other works.