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Meaning of the nameLéo

Léo is a male name, a short form of Leonardo, a Germanic name formed from the elements 'lion' and 'brave'.

Meaning

“short form of Leonardo, 'brave lion'”

Source: Behind the Name: Leonardo · Behind the Name: Leonard

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People (2022)
20,018
Rank in Brazil
#1,068
Median age
25 years
2010 Census
16,041
people

Léo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Léo, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (3,154 people).

257 women 19,761 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Léo is most common

States with the highest share of people named Léo in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.026%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.019%
  3. Tocantins 0.015%
  4. Amazonas 0.015%
  5. Pará 0.013%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo3,7230.008%
Rio Grande do Sul2,8030.026%
Rio de Janeiro1,5880.010%
Santa Catarina1,4440.019%
Paraná1,3800.012%
Minas Gerais1,2370.006%
Pará1,0360.013%
Bahia9640.007%
Maranhão7070.010%
Ceará6570.008%
Goiás6240.009%
Amazonas5790.015%
Mato Grosso4440.012%
Distrito Federal3510.013%
Espírito Santo3460.009%
Mato Grosso do Sul3080.011%
Pernambuco2990.003%
Piauí2730.008%
Tocantins2250.015%
Rio Grande do Norte1770.005%
Paraíba1670.004%
Sergipe1470.007%
Rondônia1410.009%
Alagoas1200.004%
Roraima990.016%
Amapá950.013%
Acre840.010%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Léo

Wiktionary records Leo, in Portuguese, as an affectionate form of Leonardo, and Behind the Name lists Léo as a Portuguese diminutive of Leonardo. Leonardo is the Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Leonard, which Behind the Name explains through the Germanic elements lewo, 'lion' (of Latin origin), and hart, 'hard, brave', with the sense of 'brave lion'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 20,018 people named Léo, with a median age of 25; proportionally, the name is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Leo · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Leonardo · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Leonard · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Léo

What does the name Léo mean?

Léo means “short form of Leonardo, 'brave lion'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Léo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 20,018 people with the first name Léo, which ranks it number 1,068 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Léo a boy's or a girl's name?

Léo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 257 women and 19,761 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Léo?

Léo is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Léo most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.026% of the state's population is named Léo (2,803 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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