Leon

See also: leon, león, leòn, León, and Léon

English

Pronunciation
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈli.ɑn/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈliː.ɒn/
  • Rhymes: -iɑn, -iːɒn
  • Hyphenation: Le‧on

Proper noun

Leon

  1. A male given name from Latin, a Greek form of Leo, or Anglicized from the French Léon or Spanish León.
  2. A city, the county seat of Decatur County, Iowa, United States.
  3. A surname.

Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Leon is the 363rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 86363 individuals. Leon is most common among Hispanic/Latino (85.21%) and White (9.99%) individuals.

See also

Anagrams

Breton

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlewn/

Proper noun

Leon f

  1. Léon, a historical region of Brittany

Synonyms
  • Bro-Leon

Derived terms

Danish

Proper noun

Leon

  1. a male given name, variant of Leo

Faroese

Proper noun

Leon m

  1. a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

  • son of Leon: Leonsson
  • daughter of Leon: Leonsdóttir

Declension
Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Leon
Accusative Leon
Dative Leoni
Genitive Leons

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈleːɔn/
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Leon m (proper noun, strong, genitive Leons)

  1. a male given name, variant of Leo

Irish

Proper noun

An Leon m (genitive an Leoin)

  1. (astronomy, astrology) Leo

Declension
Declension of Leon

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative Leon
Vocative a Leoin
Genitive Leoin
Dative Leon

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an Leon
Genitive an Leoin
Dative leis an Leon

don Leon

See also
Zodiac signs in Irish · comharthaí an Stoidiaca (layout · text)
Reithe Tarbh Cúpla Portán
Leon Maighdean Meá Scairp
Saighdeoir Gabhar Iompróir an Uisce Éisc

Norwegian

Proper noun

Leon

  1. a male given name, variant of Leo

Old Galician-Portuguese
Reino de Leon

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin Legione, ablative of Legio, Legionis, from Legio septima Gemina, a Roman legion.

Proper noun

Leon

  1. (Kingdom of) León
  2. León (city)

Descendants
  • Galician: León
  • Portuguese: Leão

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Leō. Doublet of lew.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.ɔn/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛɔn
  • Syllabification: Le‧on

Proper noun

Leon m pers (feminine Leonia)

  1. a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Leo

Declension
Declension of Leon
singular plural
nominative Leon Leonowie
genitive Leona Leonów
dative Leonowi Leonom
accusative Leona Leonów
instrumental Leonem Leonami
locative Leonie Leonach
vocative Leonie Leonowie

Further reading
  • Leon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovene

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /léːɔn/

Proper noun

Lẹ̑on m anim

  1. Leo; a male given name

Inflection
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nominative Léon
genitive Léona
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)		 Léon
genitive
(rodȋlnik)		 —
dative
(dajȃlnik)		 —
accusative
(tožȋlnik)		 —
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)		 Léonu
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)		 Léonom

Swedish

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Leon c (genitive Leons)

  1. a male given name, variant of Leo

Anagrams
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