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Leonel

Boy · lay-oh-NEL · Latin

Leonel is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “little lion”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 350th for boys in the US (942 babies).

What does Leonel mean?

Latin: Spanish form of Lionel

“little lion”

Spanish form of Lionel, a French diminutive of Leon, lion.

Say it
lay-oh-NEL

Is Leonel a girl's or a boy's name?

Leonel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 942 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Leonel in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,742among boys
Babies in 2025
8about 1 in 37,000 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 32% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Leonel, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 17 boys.

Half of all the boys named Leonel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.

2003Busiest: 17 in 20232025
Leonel in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20258#2,742
20248#2,750
202317#1,571
20229#2,457
20217#2,886
20209#2,359
201911#2,102
20185#3,596
201710#2,306
201615#1,723
201511#2,127
201410#2,207
20138#2,541
201213#1,850
201113#1,788
201010#2,141
20096#2,970
200810#2,048
20073#4,486
20065#3,013
20050–
20040–
20033#3,593

How popular is Leonel in the US?

Rank in 2025
#350among boys
Babies in 2025
942about 1 in 1,800 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 10% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 942 boys in the US were named Leonel, making it the 350th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 345th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 1,084 boys. It first appears in the records in 1910.

Half of all the boys named Leonel in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

1910Busiest: 1,084 in 20242025
Leonel in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025942#350
20241,084#317
20231,075#308
20221,032#327
2021868#373
2020929#345
2019972#346
2018923#358
2017903#365
2016891#373
2015821#389
2014709#430
2013606#463
2012618#445
2011581#460
2010594#451
2009578#473
2008572#484
2007556#481
2006578#465
2005633#422
2004535#471
2003447#524
2002407#545
2001410#533
2000423#524
1999373#544
1998351#561
1997303#590
1996325#562
1995301#590
1994320#575
1993325#567
1992320#568
1991307#575
1990266#616
1989254#619
1988221#640
1987203#642
1986206#623
1985183#646
1984168#669
1983148#703
1982177#653
1981171#654
1980155#699
1979139#733
1978129#747
197798#859
1976117#768
1975122#754
1974102#793
1973104#779
197287#859
197195#828
197090#848
196971#903
196865#893
196769#862
196663#916
196570#873
196475#881
196358#993
196248#1,107
196150#1,107
196064#943
195950#1,089
195861#968
195754#1,028
195644#1,139
195551#1,053
195444#1,121
195339#1,188
195246#1,065
195137#1,194
195050#976
194959#898
194835#1,216
194755#955
194636#1,156
194534#1,121
194434#1,135
194332#1,214
194242#1,036
194136#1,091
194027#1,288
193946#916
193826#1,310
193736#1,074
193631#1,182
193531#1,194
193437#1,077
193323#1,405
193225#1,387
193132#1,217
193037#1,151
192931#1,272
192820#1,707
192732#1,293
192626#1,432
192523#1,583
192431#1,329
192313#2,330
192236#1,196
192126#1,475
192028#1,382
191920#1,694
191821#1,647
191710#2,561
191619#1,645
191523#1,409
191416#1,544
191311#1,675
19120–
19116#1,536
19105#1,588

Nicknames for Leonel

Names like Leonel

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Lorenzo Gabriel Lucas Roman Zachary Austin Raphael Abel Tobias Elijah Sebastian Elias

Other spellings of Leonel

Leonell

Names related to Leonel

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