Leon

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Male Male Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Faroe Islands Faroese
Iceland Icelandic
Finland Finnish

Origin and Meaning

1) Variant form (French) of Leo [1] [2]

2) Short form of Germanic names beginning with Leon- (see LEW) [3] [1]

3) Short form of Napoleon [1]

Related Names

     
Leon ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Leona ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Leone ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Leoni ♀ Danish Swedish
Leonia ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish
Leonie ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Leony ♀ Swedish

Name Day

Norway Norway

28 June

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Leon
Accusative: Leon
Dative: Leoni
Genitive: Leons
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Leon
Accusative: Leon
Dative: Leoni
Genitive: Leons

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1836 [2]

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[4] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m4.png 0 6 2806 4386
Denmark Denmark[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 n.a. 1511 n.a
Norway Norway[6] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 0 1205 1894
Finland Finland[7] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m3.png n.a. 1 n.a 483
  #: 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]:Name statistics for Leon(m)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[6]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Leon(m)


Sources: [4] [5] [6] [7]

References

  1. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  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
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