Details for the forename Leon

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Leon (male)


Variants:	Leão (M) Leib (M) Leo (M) Léonce (M) Leone (M) Leoš (M) Lev (M) Lew (M) Lleó (M) Löwe (M) Lyov (M)
Diminutive for:	Leonard (M)
Derivative(s):	Lionel (M)
Lesser Synonym(s):	Arye (M)
Feminine form:	Leona (F) Leoni (F) Léonie (F) Léonne (F)

Source(s):	FreeCEN 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:	English, Irish, German and Jewish variant of Leo [q.v.], from the Latin "lion". Note that the French Léon and Spanish León forms are accented. Leon occurs, but rarely, in the 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire.