Given name & surname
Lionell
“resembling a young lion”
Lionell is a variant of Lionel. One Latin interpretation is “resembling a young lion.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lionell is a variant of Lionel. One Latin interpretation is “resembling a young lion.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Lionell is a variant of Lionel. An origin associated with Lionel is Old French.
Explained through its name family
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
Lionell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,613
- 1,613 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1960
- 36 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,275 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,275 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 36 in 1960. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 816 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.
Lionell’s family of names
In German usage, Lionell has a related form in Leon. Lionell has a related form in Lionel.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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