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