as a First Name
Occasionally bestowed in modern times in honour of the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821), who was born in Corsica into a family that was ultimately of Italian origin. Napoleone is a rare Italian given name, used in Abruzzo, Latium, Umbria, and Tuscany. It is probably of Germanic origin, perhaps connected with the name of the elvish Nibelungen ‘sons of the mist’ (compare modern German Nebel). It was later altered by association with Italian Napoli ‘Naples’ (Greek nea polis ‘new city’) and leone ‘lion’.
| 2,769th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 6,261
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- District of Columbia
- has the most people named Napoleon per capita
- 1911
- marked the height of its popularity
0%
100%
49%
55+
55+
35%
30-54
30-54
10%
13-29
13-29
6%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
