Léo

Léo is a proper noun in French, meaning "lion". Its etymological root lies in the Latin word Leo.

Léo is used as a diminutive or variant of the names Léon, Léonard, Léonardon, Leonardo, Léonid, Léonor, Léonore, Eléonore, Léopold and Léonie, and in recent times has been adopted as a fully-fledged given name on its own.

The feminine variant is Léa.

The following people have the name Léo:

In music[edit]

Léo Arnaud (1904–1991), French-American film score composer
Léo Chauliac (1913–1977), French jazz pianist, composer and conductor
Léo Daniderff (1878–1943), French composer
Léo Delibes (1836–1891), French composer
Léo Ferré (1916–1993), French poet and singer-songwriter
Léo Marjane (1912–2016), French singer
Léo Missir (1925–2009), French composer
Léo Rispal (born 2000), French singer
Léo Souris (1911–1990), Belgian composer, arranger, planner and conductor
Léo Stronda (born 1992), Brazilian singer

In sport[edit]

Football

Léo (born 1975), Brazilian footballer
Léo (born 1980), Brazilian footballer
Léo (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
Léo (born 1990), Brazilian footballer
Léo (born 1992), Brazilian footballer
Léo Andrade (born 1998), Brazilian footballer
Léo Artur (born 1995), Brazilian footballer
Léo Bahia (born 1986), Brazilian footballer
Léo Baptistão (born 1992), Brazilian footballer
Léo Bonatini (born 1994), Brazilian footballer
Léo Borges (born 2001), Brazilian footballer
Léo Carioca (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
Léo Castro (born 1994), Brazilian footballer
Léo Ceará (born 1995), Brazilian footballer
Léo Chú (born 2000), Brazilian footballer
Léo Cittadini (born 1994), Brazilian footballer
Léo Condé (born 1978), Brazilian football manager
Léo Cordeiro (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
Léo Costa (born 1986), Brazilian footballer
Léo Duarte (born 1996), Brazilian footballer
Léo Dubois (born 1994), French footballer
Léo Eichmann (born 1936), Swiss footballer
Léo Fioravanti (born 1992), Brazilian footballer
Léo Fortunato (born 1983), Brazilian footballer
Léo Gago (born 1983), Brazilian footballer
Léo Gamalho (born 1986), Brazilian footballer
Léo Gomes (born 1997), Brazilian footballer
Léo Gonçalves (born 1989), Brazilian footballer
Léo Inácio (born 1976), Brazilian footballer
Léo Itaperuna (born 1989), Brazilian footballer
Léo Jabá (born 1998), Brazilian footballer
Léo Jardim (born 1995), Brazilian footballer
Léo Júnior (born 1954), Brazilian footballer
Léo Kanu (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
Léo Lacroix (born 1992), Swiss footballer
Léo Lelis (born 1993), Brazilian footballer
Léo Leroy (born 2000), French footballer
Léo Lima (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
Léo Maceió (born 1987), Brazilian footballer
Léo Matos (born 1986), Brazilian footballer
Léo Medeiros (born 1981), Brazilian footballer
Léo Mineiro (born 1990), Brazilian footballer
Léo Morais (born 1991), Brazilian footballer
Léo Moura (born 1978), Brazilian footballer
Léo Natel (born 1997), Brazilian footballer
Léo Ortiz (born 1996), Brazilian footballer
Léo Passos (born 1999), Brazilian footballer
Léo Paulista (born 1983), Brazilian footballer
Léo Pelé (born 1996), Brazilian footballer
Léo Pereira (born 1996), Brazilian footballer
Léo Pereira (born 2000), Brazilian footballer
Léo Pétrot (born 1997), French footballer
Léo Pimenta (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
Léo Jaime da Silva Pinheiro (born 1986), Brazilian footballer
Léo Príncipe (born 1996), Brazilian footballer
Léo Rodrigues (born 1991), Brazilian footballer
Léo Rodrigues (born 1999), Portuguese footballer
Léo Rigo (born 1995), Brazilian footballer
Léo Rocha (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
Léo San (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
Léo Santos (born 1998), Brazilian footballer
Léo Schwechlen (born 1989), French footballer
Léo Sena (born 1995), Brazilian footballer
Léo Silva (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
Léo Simas (born 1998), Brazilian footballer
Léo Tilica (born 1995), Brazilian footballer
Léo Veloso (born 1987), Brazilian footballer

Other sports

Léo Bergère (born 1996), French triathlete
Léo Chuard (born 1998), Swiss ice hockey player
Léo Dandurand (1889–1964), American-Canadian ice hockey coach and owner
Léo Le Blé Jaques (born 1997), French snowboarder
Léo Lacroix (born 1937), French alpine skier
Léo Martins (born 1989), Brazilian-born Portuguese beach soccer player
Léo Rooman (1928–2019), Belgian field hockey player
Léo Rossi (born 1999), French badminton player
Léo Seydoux (born 1998), Swiss footballer
Léo Vieira (born 1976), Brazilian submission grappler and Brazilian jiu-jitsu instructor
Léo Vincent (born 1995), French cyclist
Léo Westermann (born 1992), French basketball player

Other occupations[edit]

Léo, pseudonym of Brazilian comics writer Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira (born 1944)
Léo Apotheker (born 1953), German business executive
Léo Battesti, Corsican politician
Léo Bergoffen (1922–2020), Jewish emigrant from Nazi Germany to France
Léo Bérubé (1884–1967), Canadian lawyer and politician
Léo Brière (born 1994), French mentalist and illusionist
Léo Bureau-Blouin (born 1991), Canadian politician
Léo Cadieux (1908–2005), Canadian politician, Minister of National Defense from 1967 to 1970
Léo Campion (1905–1992), French actor and anarchist
Léo Collard (1902–1981), Belgian politician
Léo Errera (1858–1905), Belgian botanist
Léo Gausson (1860–1944), French painter and printmaker
Léo Gauthier (1904–1964), Canadian Member of Parliament
Léo Hamon (1908–1993), French politician
Léo Joannon (1904–1969), French film director and writer
Léo Lagrange (1900–1940), French Under-Secretary of State for Sports and Recreation under the Popular Front
Léo Laporte-Blairsy (1865–1923), French sculptor
Léo Lasko (1885–1949), German screenwriter and film director
Léo Legrand, French actor
Léo Lévesque, Canadian poet, essayist and writer
Léo Major (1921–2008), Canadian Army soldier
Léo Malet (1909–1996), French crime novelist and surrealist writer
Léo Marion (1899–1979), Canadian scientist
Léo Pétillon (1903–1996), Belgian civil servant and lawyer in the Belgian Congo
Léo Piquette (born 1946), Canadian politician
Léo Pons (born 1996), French filmmaker
Léo Quievreux (born 1971), French comic book writer and illustrator
Léo Richer Laflèche (1888–1956), Canadian general, civil servant, diplomat and politician
Léo Rocco (1894–1976), Swiss architect
Léo Schnug (1878–1933), Alsatian painter and illustrator
Léo Staats (1877–1952), French ballet dancer, choreographer and director
Léo Taxil (1854–1907), French writer and journalist
Léo Testut (1849–1925), French physician and anatomist
Léo d'Ursel (1867–1934), Belgian diplomat
Léo Valentin (1919–1956), French adventurer

In Entertainment[edit]

Léo, a Lead character in the Thai BL series, Don't Say No

In music[edit]

In sport[edit]

Other occupations[edit]

In Entertainment[edit]

See also[edit]