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[ 2 syll. leo, le-o ] The girl name Leo is also used as a boy name, with the latter form being far more popular. It is pronounced LIYow †. Leo has its origins in the Latin language and it is used largely in English. Leo is a short form of the English and German Leona. Leo is unusual as a baby girl name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1904 with 0.006% of baby girls being named Leo. It was #843 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a decline in popularity since then, and is currently used only on an infrequent scale. Among all girl names in its family, Leo was nevertheless the most regularly used in 2008. Leo has primarily been a boy name in the last century. In 1920, 74 times more boys than girls were given the name Leo. Baby names that sound like Leo include the Welsh Llio, the Catalan Laia, the Arabic, English, German, and Iranian Laila, the name Lailah, the name Laily, the Czech Lala, the name Lallie, the name Lally, the name Lalo, the name Laloe, the name Laloh, the name Laya, the Arabic and English Layla, the name Laylah, the English, Hebrew, and Yiddish Leah, the English and Indian Leela, the name Leelah, the English Leelee, the Hawaiian Lehua, and the English Leia.
† Pronunciation for Leo: L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)"   |
