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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)
 
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