Given name

Leod

“an ugly man”

Leod is used as a given name. One Scottish interpretation is “an ugly man.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One Scottish interpretation is “an ugly man.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Scottish.

Leod’s family of names

Leod has a related form in Leode.

Walk Leod’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Leod, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Scottish

Lachie

“a boy from the lake”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Scottish

Ceard

“a smith”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Scottish

Laochailan

“one who is waning”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Scottish

Brodie

“from the castle Brodie”

48UncommonSteady

95% boys · 5% girls

Irish or Scottish Gaelic · Old-fashioned

Donald

“ruler of the world”

55FamiliarEasing

>99% boys

Scottish

Caird

“a traveling metal worker”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Scottish

Balloch

“from the grazing land”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Scottish

Séimí

“she who supplants”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Leod’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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