Leo-Jay
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LEE-oh-JAY
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
Leo-Jay is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “lion + jay (the bird)”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies).
What does Leo-Jay mean?
Latin: Leo + Jay
“lion + jay (the bird)”
Joins Leo (Latin, “lion”) and Jay (English, “jay (the bird)”).
Meanings borrowed from Leo and Jay.
Is Leo-Jay a girl's or a boy's name?
Leo-Jay is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leo-Jay in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 180% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Leo-Jay, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2013, with 10 boys.
2025 had more boys named Leo-Jay than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Leo-Jay in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Leo-Jay in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
Names like Leo-Jay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lorenzo, Leo, Remy, Felix, Austin, Henry, Theodore, Elijah, Tommy, Roman, Vincent, Zachary
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony
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-Jay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leo-jay, updated 20 October 2026.