Given name
Leotis
“one who is carefree”
Leotis is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “one who is carefree.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “one who is carefree.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Leotis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 892
- 887 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1949
- 25 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 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 25 in 1949. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 443 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Leotis’s family of names
Leotis has a related form in Leodis. Leotis has a related form in Leeodis. Leotis has a related form in Leeotis.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Similar names
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