Leo

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Faroese
Finnish
Icelandic

Origin and Meaning

1) Latin leo = 'lion' (see LEO) ^{[1] [2]}

2) Short form of Leontius

3) Short form of Germanic names containing the name element LEW ^[3]

Related Names

Ledjo	♂
Lejo	♂
Leo	♂
Leó	♂

See also Lea, Leksa, Leku, Leon, Leska, Levo

Combinations

For combinations see LEO and LEW (name elements)

Name Days

Denmark

11 April

Faroe Islands

11 April

Finland

28 June

Norway

28 June

Finland (Swedish Language)

28 June

Sweden

28 June

Grammar

- Faroese
Nominative:	Leo
Accusative:	Leo
Dative:	Leo
Genitive:	Leos

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1753 ^[2]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[4]		5	13	8021	12452
Denmark[5]		0	n.a.	3401	n.a
Norway[6]		0	0	647	1141
Finland[7]		n.a.	2	n.a	21704
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend^[4][5][6][7]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[6]:

Sources: ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

References

1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
3. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
7. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi