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

• 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

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

• 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

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

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Léo
• Léa (disambiguation)
• Léo (disambiguation)
• Leo (given name)
• Leo (surname)