Given name
Leons
“lion”
Leons is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, meaning “lion.” It is used in Latvian.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Latvian usage, Leons developed from the Ancient Greek form Λέων.
Leons’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Leons shares a linguistic root with the English form Leo. In Latvian usage, Leons has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Leon. In Latvian usage, Leons has a conventional equivalent in the English form Leo.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Leons has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Leons comes from · 1 name
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Leons
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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