Leondro
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- leh-OHN-droh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Leondro is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “lion man”. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Leondro mean?
Greek: variant of Leandro, the Spanish form of Leander
“lion man”
Variant of Leandro, from Leander, the youth of Greek legend who swam the Hellespont nightly to meet Hero.
Is Leondro a girl's or a boy's name?
Leondro is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leondro in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,606th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Leondro, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. It first appears in the records in 1994.
2025 had the most boys named Leondro of any year since it first appeared, in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Leondro in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Leondro in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
Nicknames for Leondro
- Leo 3,629 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Leondro
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Apollo, Thiago, Atreus, Luca, Leandro, Alessio, Nico, Lisandro, Theo, Kylo, Ares, Enzo
Names related to Leondro
More Greek names
Theodore, Sophia, George, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Maisie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Leondro: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leondro, updated 20 October 2026.