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Across the world, Lyot (ليو , Lyot , Лио ) is quite a rare mostly boy's, but uncommonly feminine first name. The given name Lyot is characteristic of Iraq, where it is quite a rare principally male, but very infrequently girly name, Sudan, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and Libya. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Iraq, Sudan, and Egypt. Likewise, Lyot is the last name as well as the forename.
Lyot 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 Lew Moxon , the character in the DC Comics Batman series, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, and in many other works.