Given name & surname

Leyon

Leyon is a masculine given name. It is used in Walloon.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Leyon isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2017. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Leyon through the years

Babies since 1880
23
23 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2017
7 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Leyon in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2017–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2017.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Leyon’s family of names

In Walloon usage, Leyon shares a linguistic root with the French form Léon.

Walk Leyon’s family in the name graph

LeyonLéon

The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

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

Modern

Layn

“one who takes the narrow path”

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>99% boys

Modern

Leiden

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Liedson

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>99% boys

Modern

Lorde

“one who has authority and power”

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84% boys · 16% girls

Modern

Jcyon

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Niyon

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Lekai

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Weylan

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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

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