Leo is a given name in several languages. In European languages, it is usually a masculine given name and it comes from the Latin word leo, which in turn comes from the Greek word λέων meaning "lion". It can also be used as a short form of other names that begin with Leo-, such as Leonard, Leonardo, Leonidas, or Leopold, and occasionally Llywellyn.

The name can refer to:

People

Religious figures

Rulers

Scientists

In sports

Association football

Other sports

Artists and entertainers

Politicians

Other

  • Leo of Tripoli (died after 921/2), Greek renegade and admiral for the Abbasid Caliphate
  • Leo Africanus (c.1494 – c.1554?), Andalusian Berber Moorish diplomat and author
  • Leo Burnett (1891–1971), American advertising executive
  • Leo Fender (1909–1991), American inventor, maker of electric guitars
  • Leo Frank (1884–1915), American Jew murdered by a lynch mob
  • Leo Jogiches (1867–1919), Russian Marxist revolutionary
  • Leo Krim (2010–2012), American child killed along with his sister Lucia by their nanny
  • Leo Laporte (born 1956), American technology broadcaster and author
  • Leo Lee Tung-hai (1921–2010), Chairman of the Board of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals from 1970–1971, businessman and philanthropist in Hong Kong
  • A. Leo Levin (1919–2015), American law professor
  • Leo Loudenslager (1944–1997), American world champion aerobatics aviator
  • Leo Sauvage, French journalist
  • Leo Schuster (1791-1871), German-born British cotton-trader and merchant banker
  • Leo Strauss (1899–1973), American political philosopher

Fictional characters

  • Dr. Leo Marvin, in the 1991 American comedy film What About Bob?, played by Richard Dreyfuss
  • Leo Das, in the 2023 Indian action film Leo, played by Vijay
  • Leo Beck, hunter in the video game Identity V
  • Leo Tsukinaga, singer/songwriter from the franchise Ensemble Stars!
  • Leo Corbett (Power Rangers), on the television series Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy
  • Leo Demidov, protagonist of the novel Child 44
  • Leo Demonheart, the main character and protagonist in the anime and I'm Quitting Heroing
  • Leo, from the manga series Pandora Hearts
  • the title character of Ultraman Leo, a 1974 tokusatsu television series
  • Leo Jones (Doctor Who), on the television series Doctor Who
  • Leo Kliesen, a German spelunker in the Tekken series
  • Leo Kovalensky, from the novel We the Living by Ayn Rand
  • Leo McGarry, on the television series The West Wing
  • Leo Fitz, on the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., played by Iain De Caestecker
  • Leo Ross, in the 1989 American action comedy movie Speed Zone
  • Leo, a nickname for Leonardo from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • Leo Wong, the father of Amy Wong on the television series Futurama
  • Leo Valdez, a son of Hephaestus from Rick Riordan's The Heroes of Olympus fantasy novel series
  • Leo Wagonman, one of the two main characters in the American sitcom television series George and Leo
  • Leo Wyatt, on the television series Charmed
  • Uncle Leo, on the television series Seinfeld
  • Leo (That '70s Show), on the television series That '70s Show, played by Tommy Chong
  • Leo (comics), in the Marvel universe
  • Leo (Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's), in the manga series Yu-Gi-Oh!
  • A character in the video game series Tekken
  • A character in the opera Leo, the Royal Cadet
  • A character in the video game Final Fantasy VI
  • A character in Red Earth (aka Warzard)
  • Leo, in the American animated series Little Einsteins
  • Leo, in the Canadian animated series Caillou
  • A character in the anime and manga series Fairy Tail, who also goes by the name of "Loke"
  • A character in the video game Fire Emblem Fates
  • A character in the video games WarioWare: Get It Together! and WarioWare: Move It!, as the minor antagonist
  • Leo, a character in the Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger
  • Leo Lieberman, daughter of David "Micro" Lieberman and Sarah Lieberman in The Punisher, portrayed by Ripley Sobo
  • Leo, one of the instructors in the video game Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm and Exercise
  • Leo, a nickname for Leonardo Watch from the series Kekkai Sensen
  • Leo Demonheart a character in the anime I'm Quitting Heroing
  • Leo, a boy from Little Red Tractor
  • Leo, a colleague contractor from Bob the Builder

See also