Léo is a
proper noun
A proper noun is a noun that identifies a single entity and is used to refer to that entity ('' Africa''; ''Jupiter''; '' Sarah''; ''Walmart'') as distinguished from a common noun, which is a noun that refers to a class of entities (''continent, ...
in
French, meaning "
lion
The lion (''Panthera leo'') is a large Felidae, cat of the genus ''Panthera'', native to Sub-Saharan Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body (biology), body; a short, rounded head; round ears; and a dark, hairy tuft at the ...
". Its etymological root lies in the
Latin
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word
Leo.
Léo is used as a
diminutive
A diminutive is a word obtained by modifying a root word to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment, and sometimes to belittle s ...
or variant of the names
Léon,
Léonard
Leonard or ''Leo'' is a common English masculine given name and a surname.
The given name and surname originate from the Old High German '' Leonhard'' containing the prefix ''levon'' ("lion") from the Greek Λέων ("lion") through the Latin '' ...
, Léonardon,
Leonardo, Léonid, ''Léonor'', ''
Léonore'', ''Eléonore'',
Léopold and Léonie, and in recent times has been adopted as a fully-fledged
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
on its own.
The feminine variant is
Léa.
The following people have the name Léo:
In music
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Léo Arnaud (1904–1991), French-American film score composer
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Léo Chauliac (1913–1977), French jazz pianist, composer and conductor
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Léo Daniderff (1878–1943), French composer
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Léo Delibes
Clément Philibert Léo Delibes (; 21 February 1836 – 16 January 1891) was a French Romantic music, Romantic composer, best known for his ballets and French opera, operas. His works include the ballets ''Coppélia'' (1870) and ''Sylvia (b ...
(1836–1891), French composer
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Léo Ferré
Léo Ferré (; 24 August 1916 – 14 July 1993) was a Monégasque poet and composer, and a dynamic and controversial live performer. He released some forty albums over this period, composing the music and the majority of the lyrics. He released ...
(1916–1993), French poet and singer-songwriter
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Léo Foguete (born 2004), Brazilian singer and songwriter
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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
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Léo Missir (1925–2009), French composer
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Léo Rispal (born 2000), French singer
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Léo Souris (1911–1990), Belgian composer, arranger, planner and conductor
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Léo Stronda (born 1992), Brazilian singer
In sport
Football
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Léo (footballer, born 1975) (born 1975), Brazilian footballer
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Leonardo Silva (footballer, born 1980) (born 1980), Brazilian footballer
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Léo (footballer, born 1988) (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
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Léo (footballer, born 1990) (born 1990), Brazilian footballer
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Léo (footballer, born 1992) (born 1992), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Andrade (born 1998), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Artur (born 1995), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Bahia (born 1986), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Baptistão (born 1992), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Bonatini (born 1994), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Borges (born 2001), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Carioca (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Castro (born 1994), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Ceará (born 1995), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Chú (born 2000), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Cittadini (born 1994), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Condé (born 1978), Brazilian football manager
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Léo Cordeiro (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Costa (born 1986), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Duarte (born 1996), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Dubois
Léo Michel Joseph Claude Dubois (; born 14 September 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Süper Lig club Eyüpspor.
Club career Early career
As a youth, Dubois trained with amateur sides Gemmois and ES Segr ...
(born 1994), French footballer
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Léo Eichmann
Léo Eichmann (born 24 December 1936) is a Swiss football goalkeeper who played for Switzerland in the 1966 FIFA World Cup
The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for me ...
(born 1936), Swiss footballer
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Léo Fioravanti (born 1992), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Fortunato (born 1983), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Gago (born 1983), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Gamalho (born 1986), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Gomes (born 1997), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Gonçalves (born 1989), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Inácio (born 1976), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Itaperuna (born 1989), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Jabá (born 1998), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Jardim (born 1995), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Júnior (born 1954), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Kanu (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Lacroix (born 1992), Swiss footballer
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Léo Lelis (born 1993), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Leroy (born 2000), French footballer
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Léo Lima (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Maceió
Leonardo de Magalhães Visgueiro Pereira (born August 11, 1987 in Maceió), known as Léo Maceió, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Flamengo–PI as right back
In the sport of association football, a defender is an Glossary of asso ...
(born 1987), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Matos (born 1986), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Medeiros (born 1981), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Mineiro (born 1990), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Morais (born 1991), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Moura (born 1978), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Natel (born 1997), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Ortiz (born 1996), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Passos (born 1999), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Paulista (born 1983), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Pelé (born 1996), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Pereira (born 1996), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Pereira (born 2000), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Pétrot (born 1997), French footballer
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Léo Pimenta (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Jaime da Silva Pinheiro (born 1986), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Príncipe (born 1996), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Rodrigues (born 1991), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Rodrigues (born 1999), Portuguese footballer
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Léo Rigo (born 1995), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Rocha (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
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Léo San (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Santos (born 1998), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Schwechlen (born 1989), French footballer
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Léo Sena (born 1995), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Silva (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Simas (born 1998), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Tilica (born 1995), Brazilian footballer
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Léo Veloso
Leonardo "Léo" Henrique Veloso (born 29 May 1987) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left back.
Career
Veloso was born on 29 May 1987 in Pedro Leopoldo, Brazil. During his youth, he played for Atlético Mineiro in Belo Horizo ...
(born 1987), Brazilian footballer
;Other sports
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Léo Bergère (born 1996), French triathlete
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Léo Chuard (born 1998), Swiss ice hockey player
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Léo Dandurand (1889–1964), American-Canadian ice hockey coach and owner
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Léo Le Blé Jaques (born 1997), French snowboarder
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Léo Lacroix (born 1937), French alpine skier
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Léo Martins (born 1989), Brazilian-born Portuguese beach soccer player
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Léo Rooman (1928–2019), Belgian field hockey player
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Léo Rossi (born 1999), French badminton player
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Léo Seydoux (born 1998), Swiss footballer
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Léo Vieira (born 1976), Brazilian submission grappler and Brazilian jiu-jitsu instructor
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Léo Vincent (born 1995), French cyclist
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Léo Westermann (born 1992), French basketball player
Other occupations
* Léo, pseudonym of Brazilian comics writer
Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira
Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira (born December 13, 1944), more famous under his pen name Léo is a Brazilian comics creator.
Biography
After graduating as a mechanical engineer, Oliveira left Brazil because of the then Brazilian military government, mi ...
(born 1944)
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Léo Apotheker (born 1953), German business executive
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Léo Battesti, Corsican politician
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Léo Bergoffen (1922–2020), Jewish emigrant from Nazi Germany to France
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Léo Bérubé (1884–1967), Canadian lawyer and politician
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Léo Brière (born 1994), French mentalist and illusionist
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Léo Bureau-Blouin (born 1991), Canadian politician
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Léo Cadieux (1908–2005), Canadian politician, Minister of National Defense from 1967 to 1970
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Léo Campion (1905–1992), French actor and anarchist
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Léo Collard (1902–1981), Belgian politician
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Léo Errera (1858–1905), Belgian botanist
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Léo Gausson (1860–1944), French painter and printmaker
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Léo Gauthier (1904–1964), Canadian Member of Parliament
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Léo Hamon (1908–1993), French politician
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Léo Joannon (1904–1969), French film director and writer
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Léo Lagrange (1900–1940), French Under-Secretary of State for Sports and Recreation under the Popular Front
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Léo Laporte-Blairsy
Léo Laporte-Blairsy (1865-1923) was a French sculptor.
L'épave (Le Voyage à Nantes) (15044567422).jpg, ''L'Épave'' (1907), musée des beaux-arts de Nantes.
Léo Laporte-Blairsy - Le Réveil de Morphée - Musée des Augustins - RA 970.jpg, ...
(1865–1923), French sculptor
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Léo Lasko (1885–1949), German screenwriter and film director
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Léo Legrand, French actor
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Léo Lévesque, Canadian poet, essayist and writer
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Léo Major (1921–2008), Canadian Army soldier
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Léo Malet (1909–1996), French crime novelist and surrealist writer
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Léo Marion (1899–1979), Canadian scientist
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Léo Pétillon (1903–1996), Belgian civil servant and lawyer in the Belgian Congo
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Léo Piquette (born 1946), Canadian politician
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Léo Pons (born 1996), French filmmaker
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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, comic-magazine, or simply comic is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panel (comics), panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are often accompanied by descriptive prose and wri ...
writer and illustrator
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Léo Richer Laflèche (1888–1956), Canadian general, civil servant, diplomat and politician
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Léo Rocco (1894–1976), Swiss architect
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Léo Schnug (1878–1933), Alsatian painter and illustrator
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Léo Staats (1877–1952), French ballet dancer, choreographer and director
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Léo Taxil (1854–1907), French writer and journalist
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Léo Testut (1849–1925), French physician and anatomist
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Léo d'Ursel (1867–1934), Belgian diplomat
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Léo Valentin (1919–1956), French adventurer
See also
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Léa (disambiguation)
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Léo (disambiguation)
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Leo (given name)
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Leo (surname)
The surname Leo may refer to:
* Aleksandra Leo (born 1981), Polish politician and lawyer
* Angelo Leo (born 1994), American boxer
* Daniel Leo (mobster) (born 1928), American organized crime figure
* Daniel Leo (rugby union) (born 1982), Samoan rug ...
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Masculine given names