Leo (first name)

Leo is a male as well as female given name. In Germany, however, it is mostly used as a male first name. Greek Leon , Λέων. It is also the short form of various first names that contain this element:

male as short form of Leonardo , Leon (h) ard , Leonid or Leas
female as short form of Leontina, Leonora , Leonore , Leoni (e) or Leona

Leo is also used as a short form for Leopold . This name is not derived from Leon.

Name bearer

Popes

Leo the Great (440–461), saint
Leo II (682-683), saint
Leo III. (795-816), saint
Leo IV (847-855), saint
Leo V. 903
Leo VI 928
Leo VII (936-939)
Leo VIII (963-965)
Leo IX (1049-1054), saint
Leo X. (1513-1521)
Leo XI. 1605
Leo XII. (1823-1829)
Leo XIII. (1878–1903)

Byzantine emperor

More often: Leon

Armenian kings

Leo I (Armenia) (1129–1140)
Leo II (Armenia) (1187-1219)
Leon III (Armenia) (1270–1289)
Leon IV (Armenia) (1301–1307)
Leon V (Armenia) (1320-1341)
Leon VI (Armenia) (1374-1393)

King of Galicia

Leo I of Galicia (* around 1228, † around 1301)

Abkhaz rulers

Leo I (Abkhazia) (735 – approx. 791)
Leo II (Abkhazia) (approx. 791 – approx. 811)
Leo III. (Abkhazia) , the great (957–967)

Various

Leo (Metropolitan) , Metropolitan (10th / 11th century)
Leo Aberer (* 1978), Austrian singer
Leo Africanus (actually al-Hassan Ibn Muhammad al-Wessan ; around 1490 – after 1554), Arab traveler to Africa
Léo Apotheker (* 1953), German manager
Leo Ball (1927–2007), American jazz musician
Leo Bardischewski (1914–1995), German actor and voice actor
Leo Beenhakker (* 1942), Dutch football coach
Leo Caesar , Byzantine prince, see Basiliscus the Younger
Leo Cella (1938–1968), Italian motorcycle, rally and automobile racing driver
Léo Delibes (1836-1891), French composer
Leo Diaconus (* around 950), Byzantine historian
Leo Drabent (1899–1944), German shipyard worker and resistance fighter
Léo Errera (1858–1905), Belgian botanist
Leo Esaki (1925), Japanese physicist
Leo Fall (1873–1925), Austrian composer and conductor
Leo Fernández (poker player) (* 1973), Argentine poker player
Leo Gooden (1929-1965), American singer, songwriter, record producer and nightclub owner
Leon Grammatikos , Byzantine chronicler
Leoš Janáček (1854–1928), Czech composer
Leo Kirch (1926–2011), German media entrepreneur
Leo Kocialkowski (1882-1958) - American politician
Léo Lania (1896–1961), German author
Leo Leandros (* 1926), Greek composer, singer, lyricist and music producer
Léo Legrand (* 1995), French actor
Leo Maasburg (* 1948), Austrian clergyman
Léo Major (1921-2008), Canadian soldier
Leo Margets (* 1983), Spanish poker player
Leon the mathematician (around 790–870), Byzantine scholar
Leo Mathisen (1906–1969), Danish band leader and pianist
Leo of Naples , archpriest
Leo Nomellini (1924-2000) American football player
Leo Pellegrino (* 1991), American baritone saxophonist, also known as Leo P
Leo Perutz (1882–1957), Austrian writer
Leo Pröstler (* 1947), Austrian entrepreneur and environmentalist
Leo Riemens (1910–1985), Dutch cultural journalist and musicologist
Leo Sayer (born 1948), British singer
Leo Schubert (1885–1968), German politician (NSDAP)
Leo Stein (librettist) (1861–1921), Austrian librettist and author
Leo Stein (art collector) (1872–1947), American art collector
Leo Steinberg , (1920–2011), American art historian and critic
Leo Steinweg (1906–1945), German motorcycle racer
Leo Tindemans (1922-2014), Belgian politician
Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910), Russian writer
Leon Trotsky (1879–1940), Russian-Soviet revolutionary
Leo Varadkar (* 1979), Irish politician and Prime Minister

Fictional characters

Leo Kress , television character in the series Der Alte
Leo Wyatt , television character in the series Charmed
Leo Graf , coroner in Inspector Rex
Leo Hölzer , television character in the series Tatort (Tatort from Saarbrücken , see Schürk and Hölzer )

Web links

Wiktionary: Leo - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations