Leonell
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- lay-oh-NEL
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Leonell is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “little lion”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Leonell mean?
Latin: spelling of Leonel; Spanish form of Lionel
“little lion”
Spanish form of Lionel, a French diminutive of Leon, lion.
Meaning borrowed from Leonel.
Is Leonell a girl's or a boy's name?
Leonell is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leonell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Leonell, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1926.
2025 had more boys named Leonell than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Leonell in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 952 boys in the US were given Leonell or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #354, up from #7,675 for this spelling alone.
- Leonel 942
- Leonell 10
Leonell in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
Nicknames for Leonell
- Leo 3,629 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Leonell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassian Oliver Lucian Eliel Atticus Eliam Cassius Gael Legend Jaziel Aziel Elian
Other spellings of Leonell
Names related to Leonell
More Latin names
Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian Clara
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, “Leonell: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leonell, updated 20 October 2026.