Léo is a

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in French, meaning

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". Its etymological root lies in the

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word

Leo Leo or Léo may refer to: Acronyms * Law enforcement officer * Law enforcement organisation * ''Louisville Eccentric Observer'', a free weekly newspaper in Louisville, Kentucky * Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity Arts an ...

. Léo is used as a

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or variant of the names Léon, Léonard, Léonardon, Leonardo, Léonid, ''Léonor'', '' Léonore'', ''Eléonore'', Léopold and Léonie, and in recent times has been adopted as a fully-fledged given name on its own. The feminine variant is Léa. The following people have the name Léo:

In music

* Léo Arnaud (1904–1991), French-American film score composer *

Léo Chauliac Léo Chauliac, real name Léon Chauliac (6 February 1913 – 27 October 1977), was a French jazz pianist, composer and conductor. A jazz pianist in the 1930s, Léo Chauliac was the accompanist of Charles Trenet from 1941 to 1943, a singer for who ...

(1913–1977), French jazz pianist, composer and conductor * Léo Daniderff (1878–1943), French composer *

Léo Delibes Clément Philibert Léo Delibes (; 21 February 1836 – 16 January 1891) was a French Romantic composer, best known for his ballets and operas. His works include the ballets '' Coppélia'' (1870) and '' Sylvia'' (1876) and the opera '' Lakm ...

(1836–1891), French composer *

Léo Ferré Léo Ferré (24 August 1916 – 14 July 1993) was a French-born Monégasque poet and composer, and a dynamic and controversial live performer, whose career in France dominated the years after the Second World War until his death. He released so ...

(1916–1993), French poet and singer-songwriter *

Léo Marjane Thérèse Maria Léonie Gendebien, known by the stage name Léo Marjane (26 August 1912 – 18 December 2016) was a French singer who reached the peak of her popularity in the late 1930s and early 1940s before her career went into sharp decline ...

(1912–2016), French singer * Léo Missir (1925–2009), French composer * Léo Rispal (born 2000), French singer *

Léo Souris Léo Souris (18 July 1911 — 14 March 1990) was a Belgian composer, arranger, planner and conductor. He was mostly known for conducting Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision Song Contest 1956. In 1928, at the age of 17, he was found ...

(1911–1990), Belgian composer, arranger, planner and conductor *

Léo Stronda Leonardo Schulz Cardoso (born July 5, 1992), also known as Leo Stronda, is a Brazilian bodybuilder, rapper and YouTuber. He is vocalist and one of the founders of the hip-hop duo Bonde da Stronda. He is also known for his clothing line, XXT C ...

(born 1992), Brazilian singer

In sport

Football *

Léo Léo is a proper noun in French, meaning lion". Its etymological root lies in the Latin word Leo. Léo is used as a diminutive or variant of the names Léon, Léonard, Léonardon, Leonardo, Léonid, ''Léonor'', '' Léonore'', ''Eléonore'', ...

(born 1975), Brazilian footballer *

(born 1980), Brazilian footballer *

(born 1988), Brazilian footballer *

(born 1990), Brazilian footballer *

(born 1992), Brazilian footballer *

Léo Andrade Leonardo "Léo" de Andrade Silva (born 18 April 1998) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Russian Premier League club Khimki. Professional career Andrade made his professional debut with Coritiba in a 1-0 Campeo ...

(born 1998), Brazilian footballer *

Léo Artur Leonardo Artur de Melo (born 23 March 1995) is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Sampaio Corrêa as a winger. Career Léo began his career in the youth squad of Corinthians. He was part of the squad that won the Copa São Paulo de Futebol J ...

(born 1995), Brazilian footballer *

Léo Bahia Leonardo Matos de Oliveira (born January 7, 1986 in Ibirapuã), commonly known as Léo Bahia, is a Brazilian footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of ...

(born 1986), Brazilian footballer * Léo Baptistão (born 1992), Brazilian footballer *

Léo Bonatini Leonardo Bonatini Lohner Maia (born 28 March 1994) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX club Atlético San Luis. Club career Cruzeiro Born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Bonatini joined Cruzeiro's you ...

(born 1994), Brazilian footballer * Léo Borges (born 2001), Brazilian footballer * Léo Carioca (born 1985), Brazilian footballer *

Léo Castro Leonardo "Léo" Luiz e Castro (born 13 July 1994) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for CA Juventus. Career Grêmio Barueri Léo made his debut for Grêmio Barueri against Sertãozinho on 25 February 2015. União Barbarense L ...

(born 1994), Brazilian footballer *

Léo Ceará Leonardo de Sousa Pereira (born 3 February 1995), commonly known as Léo Ceará, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Cerezo Osaka. Club career Born in Fortaleza, Ceará, Léo Ceará joined Vitória's youth setup in 2011, fro ...

(born 1995), Brazilian footballer * Léo Chú (born 2000), Brazilian footballer * Léo Cittadini (born 1994), Brazilian footballer * Léo Condé (born 1978), Brazilian football manager * Léo Cordeiro (born 1985), Brazilian footballer * Léo Costa (born 1986), Brazilian footballer * Léo Duarte (born 1996), Brazilian footballer * Léo Dubois (born 1994), French footballer * Léo Eichmann (born 1936), Swiss footballer * Léo Fioravanti (born 1992), Brazilian footballer *

Léo Fortunato Leonardo "Léo" Fortunato dos Santos (born 14 March 1983) is a Brazilian former football centre back who was equally adept as a defensive midfielder. Honours * Taça Rio: 2006 * Campeonato Mineiro Campeonato Mineiro is the state footbal ...

(born 1983), Brazilian footballer * Léo Gago (born 1983), Brazilian footballer *

Léo Gamalho Leonardo "Léo" Gamalho de Souza (born 30 January 1986) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a striker for Vitória. Career Léo started his career in 2005 on Internacional's squad and transferred to Botafogo in 2006 and América in 2007. ...

(born 1986), Brazilian footballer * Léo Gomes (born 1997), Brazilian footballer * Léo Gonçalves (born 1989), Brazilian footballer * Léo Inácio (born 1976), Brazilian footballer * Léo Itaperuna (born 1989), Brazilian footballer * Léo Jabá (born 1998), Brazilian footballer * Léo Jardim (born 1995), Brazilian footballer * Léo Júnior (born 1954), Brazilian footballer * Léo Kanu (born 1988), Brazilian footballer *

Léo Lacroix Léo Lacroix (born 26 November 1937) was a French alpine skier who competed in the 1960s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won a silver medal in the men's downhill event at Innsbruck in 1964. Lacroix took the Olympic Oath at the 1968 ...

(born 1992), Swiss footballer * Léo Lelis (born 1993), Brazilian footballer * Léo Leroy (born 2000), French footballer * Léo Lima (born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Léo Maceió (born 1987), Brazilian footballer *

Léo Matos Leonardo de Matos Cruz (born 2 April 1986), better known as Léo Matos, is a former Brazilian professional footballer who played as a right back. Club career Starting from the academies of Flamengo and having been for a short time in Marseille, ...

(born 1986), Brazilian footballer * Léo Medeiros (born 1981), Brazilian footballer * Léo Mineiro (born 1990), Brazilian footballer * Léo Morais (born 1991), Brazilian footballer * Léo Moura (born 1978), Brazilian footballer * Léo Natel (born 1997), Brazilian footballer * Léo Ortiz (born 1996), Brazilian footballer * Léo Passos (born 1999), Brazilian footballer *

Léo Paulista Leopoldo Roberto Markovsky (born 29 August 1983), known as Léo Paulista, is a Brazilian former football striker. Club career Léo Paulista's career began with SE Palmeiras - his hometown team. In 2002, he was loaned to Japanese club Yokoha ...

(born 1983), Brazilian footballer *

Léo Pelé Leonardo Pinheiro da Conceição (born 6 March 1996), known as Léo Pelé or simply Léo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left-back or centre-back for Vasco da Gama. Career Léo began his career at Fluminense FC. He was fi ...

(born 1996), Brazilian footballer * Léo Pereira (born 1996), Brazilian footballer * Léo Pereira (born 2000), Brazilian footballer * Léo Pétrot (born 1997), French footballer * Léo Pimenta (born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Léo Jaime da Silva Pinheiro (born 1986), Brazilian footballer *

Léo Príncipe Leonardo Peixoto Príncipe (born 13 August 1996), known as Léo Príncipe, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Amazonas. Club career Early career Born in Rio de Janeiro, Príncipe started his career when he w ...

(born 1996), Brazilian footballer * Léo Rodrigues (born 1991), Brazilian footballer * Léo Rodrigues (born 1999), Portuguese footballer *

Léo Rigo Leonardo "Léo" Rigo da Silva (born 25 April 1995) is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Ferroviária as a centre-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during t ...

(born 1995), Brazilian footballer *

Léo Rocha born 7 March 1985 in Itaocara, Rio de Janeiro is a Brazilian footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American f ...

(born 1985), Brazilian footballer * Léo San (born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Léo Santos (born 1998), Brazilian footballer *

Léo Schwechlen Léo Schwechlen (born 5 June 1989) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender. Career Born in Montbéliard, Schwechlen spent his early career with Promo Besançon, Racing Besançon, Monaco, Tours and Anorthosis Famagusta and ...

(born 1989), French footballer *

Léo Sena Leonardo "Léo" de Souza Sena (born 31 December 1995) is a Brazilian professional footballer who currently plays for Sydney FC in the A-League Men. Club career Léo Sena was born in São Paulo, and represented São Paulo, Paraná, Clube Atlét ...

(born 1995), Brazilian footballer * Léo Silva (born 1985), Brazilian footballer * Léo Simas (born 1998), Brazilian footballer *

Léo Tilica Leonardo Costa Silva (born 20 April 1995), commonly known as Léo Tilica, is a Brazilian professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football ...

(born 1995), Brazilian footballer *

Léo Veloso Leonardo "Léo" Henrique Veloso (born May 29, 1987) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left back. Career Veloso was born in Pedro Leopoldo. During his youth, he played for Atlético Mineiro in Belo Horizonte. His prosperous ...

(born 1987), Brazilian footballer ;Other sports * Léo Bergère (born 1996), French triathlete * Léo Chuard (born 1998), Swiss ice hockey player * Léo Dandurand (1889–1964), American-Canadian ice hockey coach and owner *

Léo Le Blé Jaques Léo Le Blé Jaques (born 2 January 1997) is a French professional snowboarder. He won the bronze medal in the snowboard cross event at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2021 The 2021 FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboa ...

(born 1997), French snowboarder *

(born 1937), French alpine skier * Léo Martins (born 1989), Brazilian-born Portuguese beach soccer player *

Léo Rooman Léo Rooman (28 July 1928 – 17 January 2019) was a Belgian field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), ...

(1928–2019), Belgian field hockey player *

Léo Rossi Léo Rossi (born 25 December 1999) is a French badminton player. He was a part of the French junior team that won the mixed team gold at the 2017 European Junior Championships. He won his first international title at the 2017 Lithuanian Interna ...

(born 1999), French badminton player * Léo Seydoux (born 1998), Swiss footballer *

Léo Vieira Leonardo Alcantara Vieira commonly known as Léo Vieira or Leozinho is a Brazilian submission grappler and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor. He was born on March 23, 1976 in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. He is the eldest of the Viera ...

(born 1976), Brazilian submission grappler and Brazilian jiu-jitsu instructor * Léo Vincent (born 1995), French cyclist * Léo Westermann (born 1992), French basketball player

Other occupations

* Léo, pseudonym of Brazilian comics writer Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira (born 1944) *

Léo Apotheker Léo Apotheker (born 18 September 1953) is a German business executive. He served briefly as the chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard from November 2010 until his dismissal in September 2011. He also served as co-chief executive officer ...

(born 1953), German business executive * Léo Battesti, Corsican politician * Léo Bergoffen (1922–2020), Jewish emigrant from Nazi Germany to France * Léo Bérubé (1884–1967), Canadian lawyer and politician * Léo Brière (born 1994), French mentalist and illusionist *

Léo Bureau-Blouin Léo Bureau-Blouin (born December 17, 1991) is a former Quebec politician who in the 2012 provincial election at age 20 became the youngest person ever to be elected as a member of the National Assembly of Quebec. He was elected in the distric ...

(born 1991), Canadian politician *

Léo Cadieux Joseph Alphonse Léo Cadieux, (May 28, 1908 – May 11, 2005) was a Canadian politician. A newspaper journalist and publisher who was born in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, Cadieux was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada as the Lib ...

(1908–2005), Canadian politician, Minister of National Defense from 1967 to 1970 * Léo Campion (1905–1992), French actor and anarchist * Léo Collard (1902–1981), Belgian politician * Léo Errera (1858–1905), Belgian botanist * Léo Gausson (1860–1944), French painter and printmaker * Léo Gauthier (1904–1964), Canadian Member of Parliament * Léo Hamon (1908–1993), French politician *

Léo Joannon Léo Joannon (21 August 1904 – 28 March 1969) was a French writer and film director. Born in Aix-en-Provence, Joannon was originally a law student who became a novelist and journalist before entering the film industry in the 1920s as a cameram ...

(1904–1969), French film director and writer * Léo Lagrange (1900–1940), French Under-Secretary of State for Sports and Recreation under the Popular Front * Léo Laporte-Blairsy (1865–1923), French sculptor *

Léo Lasko Léo Lasko (1885–1949) was a German screenwriter and film director of the silent and early sound eras. As Lasko was of Jewish descent he was classified as a "non-Aryan" by the Nazis. Following their 1933 takeover he was banned from film work a ...

(1885–1949), German screenwriter and film director * Léo Legrand, French actor * Léo Lévesque, Canadian poet, essayist and writer *

Léo Major Léo Major (January 23, 1921 – October 12, 2008) was a Canadians, Canadian soldier who was the only Canadian and one of only three soldiers in the British Commonwealth to receive the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) twice in separate wars. ...

(1921–2008), Canadian Army soldier * Léo Malet (1909–1996), French crime novelist and surrealist writer * Léo Marion (1899–1979), Canadian scientist * Léo Pétillon (1903–1996), Belgian civil servant and lawyer in the Belgian Congo * Léo Piquette (born 1946), Canadian politician * Léo Pons (born 1996), French filmmaker *

Léo Quievreux Léo Quievreux (born 1971) is a French author and illustrator of comic books, and founder of publisher Éditions Gotoproductions. His moniker as a musician is Pik. Early life and education Quievreux was born in Mulhouse in the Alsace region of F ...

(born 1971), French

comic book A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panel (comics), panels that represent individual scenes. ...

writer and illustrator * Léo Richer Laflèche (1888–1956), Canadian general, civil servant, diplomat and politician * Léo Rocco (1894–1976), Swiss architect *

Léo Schnug Léo Schnug (17 February 1878, Strasbourg - 15 December 1933, near Brumath) was an Alsatian painter and illustrator of German ancestry.Collectif, Léo Schnug et le Haut-Kœnigsbourg, un invité au château., Strasbourg, Conseil général du Bas ...

(1878–1933), Alsatian painter and illustrator * Léo Staats (1877–1952), French ballet dancer, choreographer and director *

Léo Taxil Marie Joseph Gabriel Antoine Jogand-Pagès, better known by the pen name Léo Taxil (; March 21, 1854 – March 31, 1907), was a French writer and journalist who became known for his strong anti-Catholic and anti-clerical views. He is also kno ...

(1854–1907), French writer and journalist * Léo Testut (1849–1925), French physician and anatomist *

Léo d'Ursel Léon (Léo) Leopold Marie count d'Ursel Bruxelles, (7 August 1867 - Bettignies, France – 26 June 1934) was a Belgian diplomat. Family He was the youngest son of Léon, the 5th duke of Ursel and his wife Madelein d'Harcourt. In Paris he marr ...

(1867–1934), Belgian diplomat *

Léo Valentin Léon Alfred Nicolas Valentin (22 March 1919, Épinal ( Vosges), France - 21 May 1956, Liverpool, England) was a French adventurer, who attempted to achieve human flight using bird-like wings. Léo Valentin is widely considered to be the most ...

(1919–1956), French adventurer

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