as a Last Name
- 61,511
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Leon
Meaning & Origins
Spanish (León): habitational name from León, a city in northwestern Spain, named with Latin legio, genitive legionis ‘legion’, a division of the Roman army. In Roman times the city was the garrison of the 7th Legion, known as the Legio Gemina. The city's name became reduced from Legion(em) to Leon(em), and in this form developed an unetymological association with the word for ‘lion’, Spanish león.
| 535th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 61,511
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Puerto Rico
- has the most people named Leon per capita
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