Leo (given name)

Leo is a Latin given name. It is usually a masculine given name and it comes from the Latin word leo which in turns comes from the Greek word λέων meaning "lion". It can also be a nickname for a name such as Leonard or Leopold.

The name can refer to:

People

In religion

Pope Leo (disambiguation), 13 popes, some also saints
Saint Leo of Catania (709–789), Catholic and Orthodox saint
Leo of Constantinople (fl. 1134–1143), Patriarch of Constantinople
Leo Rajendram Antony (1927–2012), 4th Bishop of Trincomalee
Leo Zhedenov (1883–1959), member of the Russian apostolate

Rulers

Emperor Leo (disambiguation), six Byzantine emperors
King Leo (disambiguation), various kings and monarchs with the ruling name Leo

Scientists

Reona Leo Esaki (born 1925), Japanese physicist and Nobel laureate
Leo Irakliotis, Greek computer scientist
Leo Kadanoff (born 1937), American physicist
Leó Szilárd (1898–1964), Jewish Hungarian-American physicist

In sports

Association football

Léo (footballer, born 1975), Brazilian football leftback
Leo (footballer, born 1989), Brazilian football striker
Léo (footballer, born 1990), Brazilian football goalkeeper
Leo Beenhakker (born 1942), Dutch football manager
Leo Bosschart (1888–1951), Dutch footballer
Leo Fortune-West (born 1971), English footballer

Other sports

Leo Barry (born 1977), Australian rules footballer
Leo Durocher (1905–1991), American baseball player and manager
Leo Klein Gebbink (born 1968), Dutch field hockey player
Leo Koloamatangi (born 1994), American football player
Leo Komarov (born 1987), Finnish ice hockey player
Leo Mazzone (born 1948), pitching coach for the Atlanta Braves and the Baltimore Orioles
Leo Nomellini (1924–2000), American football player in both the College and Pro Football Halls of Fame
Leo Peelen (1968–2017), Dutch track cyclist
Leo Visser (born 1966), Dutch ice speed skater
Leo van Vliet (born 1855), Dutch road bicycle racer

In arts and entertainment

Leo Arnaud (1904–1991), French-American composer
Leo de Berardinis (1940–2008), Italian stage actor and theatre director
Leo de Bever (1930–2015), Dutch architect
Leo G. Carroll (1886–1972), English actor
Leo Chiosso (1920 - 2006), Italian lyricist
Léo Delibes (1836–1891), French composer of ballets, operas, and other works
Leonardo DiCaprio (born 1974), American actor
Léo Ferré (1916–1993), French poet and composer
Leo F. Forbstein (1892–1948), American film musical director and orchestra conductor
Leo Gorcey (1917–1969), American actor
Leo Howard (born 1997), star of Disney XD's Kickin' It
Leo von König (1871–1944), German painter
Leo Kottke (born 1945), American Finger-style Guitarist
Leo Ku (born 1972), Hong Kong singer and actor
Léo Rispal (born 2000), French singer
Leo Rosten (1908–1997), American humorist
Leo Sayer (born 1948), British-born Australian pop musician
Léo Stronda (born 1992), Brazilian singer
Leo Tolstoy (1826–1910), Russian novelist

Politicians and statesmen

Léo Cadieux (1908–2005), Canadian politician, Minister of National Defense from 1967 to 1970
Leo von Caprivi (1831–1899), German general and Chancellor of Germany
Leo Ryan (1925–1978), California Congressman killed at Jonestown
Léo d'Ursel (1867–1934), Belgian diplomat
Leo Varadkar (1979-), Prime Minister of Ireland

Other

Leo Africanus (c. 1494–c. 1554?), Andalusian Berber Moorish diplomat and author
Leo Burnett (1891–1971), American advertising executive
Leo Fender (1909–1991), American inventor, maker of electric guitars
Leo Frank (1884–1915), American Jew murdered by a lynch mob
Leo Jogiches, (1867–1919), Russian Marxist revolutionary
Leo Krim (2010-2012), American child killed along with his sister Lucia by their nanny
Leo Laporte (born 1956), American technology broadcaster and author
Leo Loudenslager (1944–1997), American world champion aerobatics aviator
Léo Major (1921–2008), French-Canadian World War II and Korean War soldier
Leo Strauss (1899–1973), American political philosopher
A. Leo Levin (1919–2015), American law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School

Fictional characters

Leo Corbett (Power Rangers), on the television series Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy
Leo from the manga series, Pandora Hearts
Leo Jones (Doctor Who), on the television series Doctor Who
Leo Kliesen, a German spelunker in the Tekken series
Leo Kovalensky, from the novel We the Living by Ayn Rand
Leo McGarry, on the television series The West Wing
Leo Fitz, on the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., played by Iain De Caestecker
Leo, a nickname for Leonardo from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Leo Wong, the father of Amy Wong on the television series Futurama
Leo Valdez, a son of Hephaestus from Rick Riordan's The Heroes of Olympus fantasy novel series
Leo Wyatt, on the television series Charmed
Uncle Leo, on the television series Seinfeld
Leo (That '70s Show), on the television series That '70s Show, played by Tommy Chong
Leo (comics), in the Marvel universe
Leo (Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's), in the manga series Yu-Gi-Oh!
A character in the video game series Tekken
A character in the opera Leo, the Royal Cadet
A character in the video game Final Fantasy VI
A character in Red Earth (video game) (aka Warzard)
Leo, in the American animated series Little Einsteins
A character in the anime and manga series Fairy Tail, who also goes by the name of "Loke"
A character in the video game Fire Emblem Fates
Leo, a character in the Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger
Leo Lieberman, daughter of David "Micro" Lieberman and Sarah Lieberman in The Punisher, portrayed by Ripley Sobo
Leo demidov, character in “Child 44”