Leon

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Leon

Gender: Masculine
Language: English, French, German, Irish Gaelic
Etymology:
Leon is from Leo, a Greek name which meant “Lion.”

History:
Leon has long been a favorite name. It was popular during the Middle Ages among both Christian and Jewish peoples (especially in France as Léon).

Please see Leo for more information.

Pronunciation: lee-on.

Alternates: Lyon.

Famous Bearers:
Artists and Authors:
Léon Bonnat (1833-1922)
French painter.
Léon Bloy (1846-1917)
French novelist.
Léon Bakst (Lev Samoylovich Rosenberg) (1866-1924)
Russian artist.
Léon Daudet (1867-1942)
French novelist.
Léon-Paul Fargue (1876-1947)
French poet.
Léon de Greiff (1895-1976)
Latin-American poet.
Leon Kruczkowski (1900-1962)
Polish novelist.
Leon Falk (1911-1999)
American cartoonist.
Leon Uris (1924-)
American novelist.
Leon Forrest (1937-1997)
American author.

Educators, Scholars, and Social Workers:
Léon Say (1826-1896)
French economist.

Léon Gautier (1832-1897)
French literary historian.
Léon Walras (1834-1910)
French economist.
Léon Brunschvicg (1869-1944)
French philosopher.
Leon Edel (1907-)
American literary critic.

Miscellaneous:
Leon Hess (1914-1999)
Owner of the New York Jets.
Leon Day (1916-1995)
American baseball player.
Leon Spinks (1953-)
American boxer.

Political Figures:
Léon Gambetta (1838-1882)
French statesman.
Léon Bourgeois (1851-1925)
French politician. Winner of the 1920 Nobel Prize for Peace.
Léon Blum (1872-1950)
Premier of France.
Leon Trotsky (Lev Davidovich Bronshtein) (1879-1940)
Russian Communist leader.
Léon Jouhaux (1879-1954)
French union leader. Winner of the 1951 Nobel Prize for Peace.
Léon M’ba (1902-1967)
President of Gabon.
Leon Jaworski (1905-1982)
Prosecutor during Watergate.
Léon Degrelle (1906-1994)
Belgian Nazi collaborator.
Leon Shenandoah (1915-1996)
Native American leader.

Scientists:
Léon Teisserenc de Bort (1855-1913)
French meteorologist.
Leon Max Lederman (1922-)
American physicist. Co-winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize for Physics.
Leon N. Cooper (1930-)
American physicist. Co-winner of the 1972 Nobel Prize for Physics.

Popularity:
Percentage from the 1990 U.S. Census:
0.112 % named Leon

Popularity of Leon:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1850: 278th most popular.
1875: 151st most popular.
1900-1910: 89th most popular.
1910-1920: 87th most popular.
1920-1930: 77th most popular.
1930-1940: 90th most popular.
1940-1950: 112th most popular.
1950-1960: 145th most popular.
1960-1970: 202nd most popular.
1970-1980: 230th most popular.
1980-1990: 309th most popular.
1990-2000: 460th most popular.
1990: 395th most popular.
1991: 400th most popular.
1992: 391st most popular.
1993: 426th most popular.
1994: 415th most popular.
1995: 456th most popular.
1996: 460th most popular.
1997: 494th most popular.
1998: 489th most popular.
1999: 482nd most popular.
2000: 497th most popular.
2001: 499th most popular.
2002: 494th most popular.
2003: 498th most popular.

In France...
1900-1910: N/A
1917: 190th most popular.
1920: 149th most popular.
1930: 104th most popular.
1940: 84th most popular.
1950: 62nd most popular.
1960: 56th most popular.
1970: 32nd most popular.
1980: 53rd most popular.
1990: 136th most popular.
1994: 188th most popular.
2000: N/A

In Ireland...
1998: 112th most popular.
1999: 77th most popular.
2000: 77th most popular.
2001: 69th most popular.
2002: 81st most popular.
2003: 85th most popular.