Leon

• (General American) IPA^(key): (most senses) /ˈli.ɑn/, (New York town) /ˈliːən/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.ɒn/

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• Rhymes: -iɑn, -iːɒn
• Hyphenation: Le‧on

Ultimately from Latin Leo and leo (“lion”), from Ancient Greek Λέων (Léōn) and λέων (léōn, “lion”), likely ultimately from a non-Indo-European language. Sometimes via other related languages such as French Léon and sometimes as a diminutive of related names such as Leonard and Leonardo.

Leon

1. A male given name from Latin or Ancient Greek.
2. A surname from Latin.

From Spanish León, from Latin legiō (“legion”), named for the Legio VII Gemina, which settled there. In reference to the New York town and Texan river, taken from the former Spanish kingdom. The Texan lake is named for the river. The Floridian county is named for the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon. The Texan county is named for Martin de Leon, founder of Victoria, Texas. The town in Monroe Co., Wisconsin, was named for the Mexican city. The Iowan town was changed to honor the "Fighting Doctor" of the Mexican–American War David Camden de Leon after it was discovered that Iowa already had a city named Independence. The Kansan town was named for the one in Iowa. Doublet of legion via Old French. The California town was named for the nearby Leon Mine.

Leon

2. A city in northwestern Spain, the former capital of the Kingdom of Leon.
4. (historical) A former polity in the Iberian Peninsula, a kingdom with the city as its capital.
6. A province of Castile and León, Spain around the city.
8. A historical region of Spain around the province.
9. A surname from Spanish.
10. A department of Nicaragua.
11. Ellipsis of Leon County, a county in Florida around the state capital Tallahassee.
12. Ellipsis of Leon County, a county in Texas around Centerville.
13. A city in Guanajuato, Mexico.
14. A city, the county seat of Decatur County, Iowa, United States.
15. A city in Butler County, Kansas, United States.
16. A town in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States.
17. A town in Love County, Oklahoma, United States.
18. A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States.
19. A town in Waushara County, Wisconsin, United States.
20. A river in Texas, United States.
21. A lake in Texas, United States.
22. (historical) A former town in San Diego County, California, United States.

• (places in Spain and Latin America): León

From Breton Leon and French Léon.

Leon

2. (historical) A former viscounty in Brittany, in northwestern France.
4. A cultural region of the department of Finistère, Brittany, France, around the former polity.
5. A surname from French.

• Léon

According to the 2010 United States Census, Leon is the 363^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 86,363 individuals. Leon is most common among Hispanic/Latino (85.21%) and White (9.99%) individuals.

• lone, Noël, Leno, Noel, leno, neol., enol, one L, Nole, noël, nole, noel, NOEL, elon, Elno, Elon

• IPA^(key): /ˈlewn/

Leon f

1. (historical) Leon, Léon (a former viscounty in Brittany, in northwestern France)
2. Leon, Léon (a cultural region of the department of Finistère, Brittany, France, around the former polity)

• Bro-Leon

• Leonad
• leoneg
• leonek

Leon

1. a male given name, variant of Leo

Leon m

1. a male given name

Patronymics

• son of Leon: Leonsson
• daughter of Leon: Leonsdóttir

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːɔn/

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Leon m (proper noun, strong, genitive Leons)

1. a male given name, variant of Leo

An Leon m (genitive an Leoin)

1. (astronomy, astrology) Leo

Zodiac signs in Irish · Comharthaí an Stoidiaca (layout · text)
Reithe	Tarbh	Cúpla	Portán
Leon	Maighdean	Meá	Scairp
Saighdeoir	Gabhar	Iompróir an Uisce	Éisc

From Ancient Greek Λέων (Léōn).

Leōn m sg (genitive Leōnis); third declension

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Leon

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• Catalan: Leont
• Italian: Leonte

Leon

1. a male given name, variant of Leo

• IPA^(key): /le͜on/

Leon

1. accusative/genitive singular of Leo

• Leone

Inherited from Latin Legione, ablative of Legio, Legionis, from Legio septima Gemina, a Roman legion.

Leon

1. (Kingdom of) León
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 332 (facsimile):

     ũu mõeſteiro en reino de Leon

     a monastery in the Kingdom of León

2. León (city)
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 332 (facsimile):

     un mõeſteiro que este preto de Leon

     a monastery close to León

• Galician: León
• Portuguese: Leão

From earlier Lejione, from Latin legiōnem.

• IPA^(key): /ʎeˈoŋ/

Leon

1. Kingdom of León
   • 1283, Infante Doña Maria, Carta de reconocimiento de los fueros, privilegios y franquezas del concejo de Toro por parte de D.ᵃ María, esposa del infante D. Sancho:

     et con todos sus fueros et libertades et con todos sus derechos, finque sin ninguna contienda, á Don Sancho, mio marido, ó aquel que fuere señor del regno de Leon.

     and with all their privileges and freedoms and with all their rights, granted without any dispute, to Don Sancho, my husband, or he who was lord of the kingdom of Leon.

   • 1226, De lo que Don Miguel con su mugier a la orden:

     A vos don Pedro Perez, comendador maior eno regno de Leon

     To you, Don Pedro Perez, Commander of the Kingdom of Leon.

2. León (city)
   • (Can we date this quote?), (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     canolıgo dela egƚıa de Le͠o

     canon of the church of Leon

• Asturian: Llión, Lleón
• Extremaduran: León
• Leonese: Llión
• Mirandese: Lhion

• Lewan (Kuyavia)

Learned borrowing from Latin Leō. Doublet of lew.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.ɔn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɔn
• Syllabification: Le‧on

Leon m pers (female equivalent Leonia)

1. a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Leo

• Leon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Latin Leo. Doublet of leu.

Leon m (genitive/dative lui Leon)

1. a male given name from Latin

• IPA^(key): /lêon/

Lȅon m anim (Cyrillic spelling Ле̏он)

1. a male given name

• “Leon”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2025

• IPA^(key): /léːɔn/

Lẹ̑on m anim

1. Leo; a male given name

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Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nominative	Léon
genitive	Léona
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Léon
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Léona
dative (dajȃlnik)	Léonu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Léona
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Léonu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Léonom

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Leon c (genitive Leons)

1. a male given name, variant of Leo

• Noel