Given name & surname
Leocadio
“having the heart of a lion”
Leocadio is a variant of Leocadie. One French interpretation is “having the heart of a lion.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Leocadio is a variant of Leocadie. One French interpretation is “having the heart of a lion.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Spanish use, Leocadio is a masculine form of Leocadia. A possible origin is Greek, although the derivation remains uncertain. Leocadio is a variant of Leocadie. An origin associated with Leocadie is French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Leocadio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 122
- 122 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1929
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 800 as a first name in 2020; 215 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Leocadio’s family of names
Leocadio is a masculine form of Leocadia. Leocadio has a related form in Leocadie. In Italian usage, Leocadio has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Leokadiusz.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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