Leon (given name)

Leon is a male first name.

Origin and Meaning

The first name comes from the Greek Λέων ( transliteration: Léon ), meaning " lion".

The name is particularly common in Greece, Spain and France. In Germany he has been forgiven little until the early 1990s, but then increased in a short time become one of the most popular first name. From 1999 to 2010 Leon was consistently among the top ten most commonly assigned names for male infants. 2001, 2006 and 2007, he was ranked number one in each of these statistics.

Name-day

FEBRUARY 20: Leon Thaumaturgos, Bishop of Catania
JULY 20: Léon- Ignace Mangin, a French missionary in China

Well-known bearers of the name

The Byzantine emperors see Leo ( first name ) # Byzantine Emperor

People in the ancient world:

Leon (Sparta ) ( 6th century BC), Spartan King
Leon ( tyrant of Phlius ) ( 6th century BC)
Leon ( Minister of Sparta ) in Athens, 420 BC
Leon (commander ) (c. 450-406 BC), an Athenian general in the Peloponnesian War
Leon ( Athenian messenger ) to Artaxerxes I, 367 BC
Leon ( mathematician ), a Greek mathematician, v. 400 BC
Leon of Byzantium (4th century), ambassador in Athens, friend of Plato
Leon of Pella, author of a work on the Egyptian gods
Leon ( Ptolemaic official) ( 3rd century BC)
Leon the Mathematician, Byzantine scholar in the 9th century
Leon Diakonos, Byzantine historian

Armenian kings:

Leon III. (Armenia ), King of Lesser Armenia ( 1270-1289 )
Leon IV (Armenia ) ( 1289-1307 ), King of Lesser Armenia
Leon V. (Armenia ) ( 1309-1341 ), King of Armenia
Leon VI. (Armenia ) ( 1342-1393 ), the last king of Lesser Armenia

People in the modern era:

Hermano León (born Joseph Sylvestre Sauget ) ( 1871-1955 ), French -Cuban school Brother and botanist
Guillermo León Sáenz Vargas, alias Alfonso Cano (1948-2011), Colombian leader of the FARC
Leon Andreasen ( b. 1983 ), Danish football player
Léon Blum (1872-1950), French politician ( Socialist )
Léon Breitling (1860-1914), Swiss watchmaker
Leon Clarke ( born 1985 ), English footballer
Léon Degrelle (1906-1994), Belgian politician ( Rexist )
Léon Dufour (1780-1865), French physician and naturalist
Léon Gambetta (1838-1882), French politician ( Republican)
Leon large bird ( 1904-1943/44 ), Polish - Belgian Kominternfunktionär and Resistance fighters
Leon Haslam ( b. 1983 ), British motorcycle racer
Léon Huber ( b. 1936 ), Swiss newscaster
Leon Jessen ( born 1986 ), Danish football player
Leon fireplace ( * 1927), American psychologist
Leon Panetta ( born 1938 ), American politician
Leon Payne (1917-1969), American country musician and songwriter
Leon Powe ( born 1984 ), American basketball player
Leon Pownall (1943-2006), Canadian actor
Leon Russell ( b. 1942 ), American singer and songwriter
Leon ( singer) (born 1969 ), German pop singer
Léon Wieger (1856-1933), French theologian, physician, sinologist, author
Leon de Winter (born 1954 ), Dutch writer
Léon Wurmser ( born 1931 ), American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and author

Variants

Male:

Léon (French), Leo, Leon, Leontije (Serbian ), Levon (Armenian ), Lion, Lionell, Lyonel

Female:

Lea, Leona, Leonie, Leontine

Pet form:

Lé, Lee, Lynn