Leontios

Gender Masculine
Usage Ancient Greek [1]
Scripts Λεόντιος(Ancient Greek)

Meaning & History

Derived from Greek λέοντος (leontos), the genitive case of λέων (leon) meaning "lion". This was the name of various early saints and martyrs. It was also borne by a 7th-century Byzantine emperor.

Related Names

Rootleon
VariantsLeon, Leontius
Feminine FormLeontia
Other Languages & CulturesLeo, Levon(Armenian) Lionel(Arthurian Cycle) Leo, Leon(Croatian) Leoš(Czech) Leo(Danish) Leo, Leon, Lio(Dutch) Leo, Leon, Lionel(English) Leo(Estonian) Leo(Finnish) Léo, Léon, Léonce, Léonel, Lionel(French) Levan(Georgian) Leo, Leon, Lio(German) Leon(Greek) Leone, Leonzio(Italian) Leo(Late Roman) Leons(Latvian) Leontes(Literature) Leonas(Lithuanian) Leo(Norwegian) Leon, Lew(Polish) Leão, Leonel(Portuguese) Leonti, Leontiy, Leonty, Lev, Lyov(Russian) Leon(Slovene) León, Leoncio, Leonel(Spanish) Leo(Swedish) Leib(Yiddish)

Categories

animals, emperors, felines, lions, martyrs, saints

Sources & References

  1. Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Λεόντιος.
Entry updated June 9, 2023