as a First Name
(Russian) From Greek Leōnidas, the name of a Spartan hero who was named after his grandfather Leōn ‘lion’. Later the name was borne by two early saints venerated in the Eastern Church.
| 2,254th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 8,707
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New York
- has the most people named Leonid per capita
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