Given name & surname
Leto
Leto is a surname from Ancient Greek. It is used in English and Italian.
Original GreekΛέτο
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
In mythological stories, Leto is associated with the mother of Apollo and Artemis.
Leto through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 143
- 143 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #6,314 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +140%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,314 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 154 as a first name in 2020; 2,138 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.
Leto’s family of names
In Greek usage, Leto as a surname is a transliteration of Λέτο.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Leto
Characters named Leto: Leto II Atreides (Dune), Leto I Atreides (Dune).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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