Leo-James
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LEE-oh-JAYMZ
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,342 for boys
Leo-James is a boys' name of Modern origin, meaning “lion + supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies).
What does Leo-James mean?
Modern: combination of Leo and James
“lion + supplanter”
Joins Leo, Latin for lion, with James, the English form of Jacob.
Is Leo-James a girl's or a boy's name?
Leo-James is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leo-James in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,342among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Leo-James, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,829th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 25 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Leo-James than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Leo-James in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.
Leo-James in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 21 | #1,355 |
| 2022 | 14 | #1,789 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,547 |
| 2020 | 13 | #1,829 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,683 |
| 2018 | 25 | #1,173 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,591 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,693 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,650 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 13 | #1,788 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
Nicknames for Leo-James
- Leo 3,629 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Leo-James
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tobias Elias Elijah Lorenzo Theodore Leo Lucas Louie Otis Jax Arthur Zachary
Names related to Leo-James
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Leo-James: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leo-james, updated 20 October 2026.