Leonid
Boy · lee-oh-NEED · Greek
Leonid is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “son of a lion”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Leonid mean?
Greek: Russian and Ukrainian form of Leonidas
“son of a lion”
The Russian and Ukrainian form of Leonidas, the Spartan king who fell at Thermopylae.
- Say it
- lee-oh-NEED
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Is Leonid a girl's or a boy's name?
Leonid is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leonid in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Leonid, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 12 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Leonid than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Leonid in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Leonid in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
How popular is Leonid in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Leonid, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1959.
2025 had fewer boys named Leonid than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Leonid in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Leonid in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 25 | #4,197 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 30 | #3,689 |
| 2021 | 27 | #3,908 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 22 | #4,472 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 27 | #3,882 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 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 | 5 | #3,986 |
Nicknames for Leonid
- Lyonya
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