Leo Family History
Leo Name Meaning
Italian (southern): nickname for a fierce or brave warrior from Latin leo ‘lion’. Italian: from a short form of the personal name Pantaleo . Jewish: from the personal name Leo (from Latin leo ‘lion’) borrowed from Christians as an equivalent of Hebrew Yehuda (see Leib ). English: from the Old French personal name Leon ‘lion’ (see Lyon ). Spanish: from a variant of the personal name León (see Leon ). Dutch: from Latin leo ‘lion’ applied either a nickname for a strong or fearless man or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a lion; or alternatively from a personal name of the same derivation.7: French (Léo): variant of Léon (see Leon ).8: German: Latinized (humanistic) form of Löwe (see Lowe ).9: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surnames 廖 (see Liao ) 梁 (see Liang ) 劉 and 柳 (see Liu 1-2).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022