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Leone

Leone: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“lion”
Origin
Italian
Say it
lay-OH-nay · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls (94% of all uses)

Italian form of Leone, from Latin leo meaning lion. It has long use in Italy and can function as a masculine given name and surname.

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How popular is Leone?

20248.4 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Leone in 202428

2024 rank#4,416 boys

Peak year1905

Total US babies since 18806,605

Leone is rising: use over the last five years is 2.1× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Leone

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Miamine; also Maria diminutive · Italian
  • IsabellaGod is my oath · Italian
  • GiannaGod is gracious · Italian
  • Ariaair; melody · Italian
  • Bellabeautiful · Italian
  • Siennafrom Siena · Italian
  • Ariannamost holy · Italian
  • Gemmagem, jewel · Italian

Leone questions

What does the name Leone mean?

Leone means "lion". It comes from Italian. Italian form of Leone, from Latin leo meaning lion. It has long use in Italy and can function as a masculine given name and surname.

Is Leone a boy or girl name?

Leone is mainly a girl's name in US records (94% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Leone?

28 US babies were named Leone in 2024. Its peak year was 1905.

How do you pronounce Leone?

Leone is usually pronounced lay-OH-nay.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.