Leonte
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- lee-AHN-tay
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Leonte is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “lion”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Leonte mean?
Greek: from Greek Leontios, via Italian and Spanish
“lion”
From the Greek Leontios, formed from leon, meaning lion, and used in Italian, Spanish and Romanian.
Is Leonte a girl's or a boy's name?
Leonte is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leonte in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Leonte, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1995, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.
2025 had more boys named Leonte than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Leonte in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Leonte in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
Names like Leonte
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luke Pierce Cristian Jace Lucas Luca Jake Alexandre Lisandro Josiah Elijah Isaiah
Names related to Leonte
More Greek names
Theodore Sophia George Theo Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris Maisie Lainey
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, “Leonte: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leonte, updated 20 October 2026.