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Name Lion

Meaning:

the lion

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About the name Lion in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	English
US 2021 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Dion, Gion, Ion, Leon, León, Léon, Lian, Lian, Lien, Linn Details

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About Leo/Leonie, the group of names with the same origin as Lion

Meaning/translation:	the lion
Language of origin:	Latin
Info about origin, male:	derives from a late Latin cognomen
	also a short form of the names Leonhard and Leopold
	until now there were 13 popes with this name
Words:	leo = the lion Latin
Topics:	Popes, Roman nickname
Variants' top ranks:	1:Leo Zurich 2020, 1:Léon Germany 2001, 1:Leon Germany 2006, 1:Léo France 2020, 1:Leonie Austria First 2008, 5:Lio Switzerland/German 2021, 13:Lone Denmark 2015, 14:León Buenos Aires 2020, 15:Lionel Switzerland/German 2010, 20:Levon Armenia 2019
Somehow related to:	Leonhard, Leopold
Name variants:	Léane, Leola, Leona, Leoni, Léoni, Leonie, Léonie, Leonique, Leonita, Lona, Lone, Leo, Leó, Léo, Leon, León, Léon, Leonas, Léonce, Leone, Leonel, Leonello, Lev, Levon, Lew, Lio, Lion, Lionel Sortable list Details

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Popularity lists that contain the name Lion

Series	Graph	Rankings
Switzerland	Graph	2022 160, 2020 192, 2018 191
Switzerland/German	Graph	2022 115, 2021 176, 2020 138, 2019 153, 2018 136, 2017 159, 2015 170