Lyonel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LY-uh-nel
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Lyonel is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “little lion”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Lyonel mean?
Latin: variant of Lionel, a French diminutive of Leon
“little lion”
A spelling of Lionel, the name of a Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend.
Is Lyonel a girl's or a boy's name?
Lyonel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lyonel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Lyonel, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1925.
2025 had fewer boys named Lyonel than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Lyonel in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lyonel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 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 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
Names like Lyonel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Leonel Cassian Oliver Axel Lucian Cassius Adriel Santino Levi Elio Lorenzo Eliel
Names related to Lyonel
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, “Lyonel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lyonel, updated 20 October 2026.