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Lionardo

Gender
Boy
Say it
lee-oh-NAR-doh
Origin
Germanic

Lionardo is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “brave lion”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Lionardo mean?

Germanic: variant of Leonardo, the Italian form of Leonard

“brave lion”

Variant of Leonardo, the Italian form of Leonard, which joins Germanic words for lion and brave.

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

Lionardo is a boys' name.

How popular is Lionardo in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1921.

Half of all the boys named Lionardo in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

1921Busiest: 11 in 20142023
Lionardo in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20236#10,815
20220–
20216#10,794
20208#8,734
20190–
20185#12,150
20178#8,835
20167#9,659
20155#12,080
201411#7,043
20137#9,650
20127#9,703
20117#9,593
20100–
20090–
20087#9,864
20077#9,782
20067#9,579
20056#10,144
20040–
20035#10,886
20028#7,636
20015#10,548
20000–
19998#7,132
19980–
19970–
19966#7,964
19950–
19946#7,764
19930–
19925#8,426
19916#7,263
19900–
19890–
19880–
19870–
19860–
19850–
19840–
19830–
19820–
19810–
19800–
19790–
19780–
19770–
19760–
19750–
19740–
19730–
19720–
19710–
19700–
19690–
19680–
19670–
19660–
19650–
19640–
19630–
19620–
19610–
19600–
19590–
19580–
19570–
19560–
19550–
19540–
19530–
19520–
19510–
19500–
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19420–
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19360–
19350–
19340–
19330–
19320–
19310–
19300–
19290–
19280–
19270–
19260–
19250–
19245#4,345
19230–
19220–
19215#4,320

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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, “Lionardo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lionardo, updated 20 October 2026.