# Léo

Léo is a proper noun in French, meaning "lion". Its etymological root lies in the Latin word Leo.
Léo is used as a diminutive or variant of the names Léon, Léonard, Léonardon, Leonardo, Léonid, Léonor, Léonore, Eléonore, Léopold and Léonie, and in recent times has been adopted as a fully-fledged given name on its own.
The feminine variant is Léa.
The following people have the name Léo:

## In music

* Léo Arnaud (1904–1991), French-American film score composer
* Léo Chauliac (1913–1977), French jazz pianist, composer and conductor
* Léo Daniderff (1878–1943), French composer
* Léo Delibes (1836–1891), French composer
* Léo Ferré (1916–1993), French poet and singer-songwriter
* Léo Marjane (1912–2016), French singer
* Léo Missir (1925–2009), French composer
* Léo Rispal (born 2000), French singer
* Léo Souris (1911–1990), Belgian composer, arranger, planner and conductor
* Léo Stronda (born 1992), Brazilian singer

## In sport

Football
* Léo (born 1975), Brazilian footballer
* Léo (born 1980), Brazilian footballer
* Léo (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
* Léo (born 1990), Brazilian footballer
* Léo (born 1992), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Andrade (born 1998), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Artur (born 1995), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Bahia (born 1986), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Baptistão (born 1992), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Bonatini (born 1994), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Borges (born 2001), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Carioca (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Castro (born 1994), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Ceará (born 1995), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Chú (born 2000), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Cittadini (born 1994), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Condé (born 1978), Brazilian football manager
* Léo Cordeiro (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Costa (born 1986), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Duarte (born 1996), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Dubois (born 1994), French footballer
* Léo Eichmann (born 1936), Swiss footballer
* Léo Fioravanti (born 1992), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Fortunato (born 1983), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Gago (born 1983), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Gamalho (born 1986), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Gomes (born 1997), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Gonçalves (born 1989), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Inácio (born 1976), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Itaperuna (born 1989), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Jabá (born 1998), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Jardim (born 1995), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Júnior (born 1954), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Kanu (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Lacroix (born 1992), Swiss footballer
* Léo Lelis (born 1993), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Leroy (born 2000), French footballer
* Léo Lima (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Maceió (born 1987), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Matos (born 1986), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Medeiros (born 1981), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Mineiro (born 1990), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Morais (born 1991), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Moura (born 1978), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Natel (born 1997), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Ortiz (born 1996), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Passos (born 1999), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Paulista (born 1983), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Pelé (born 1996), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Pereira (born 1996), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Pereira (born 2000), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Pétrot (born 1997), French footballer
* Léo Pimenta (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Jaime da Silva Pinheiro (born 1986), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Príncipe (born 1996), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Rodrigues (born 1991), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Rodrigues (born 1999), Portuguese footballer
* Léo Rigo (born 1995), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Rocha (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
* Léo San (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Santos (born 1998), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Schwechlen (born 1989), French footballer
* Léo Sena (born 1995), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Silva (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Simas (born 1998), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Tilica (born 1995), Brazilian footballer
* Léo Veloso (born 1987), Brazilian footballer

### Other sports

* Léo Bergère (born 1996), French triathlete
* Léo Chuard (born 1998), Swiss ice hockey player
* Léo Dandurand (1889–1964), American-Canadian ice hockey coach and owner
* Léo Le Blé Jaques (born 1997), French snowboarder
* Léo Lacroix (born 1937), French alpine skier
* Léo Martins (born 1989), Brazilian-born Portuguese beach soccer player
* Léo Rooman (1928–2019), Belgian field hockey player
* Léo Rossi (born 1999), French badminton player
* Léo Seydoux (born 1998), Swiss footballer
* Léo Vieira (born 1976), Brazilian submission grappler and Brazilian jiu-jitsu instructor
* Léo Vincent (born 1995), French cyclist
* Léo Westermann (born 1992), French basketball player

## Other occupations

* Léo, pseudonym of Brazilian comics writer Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira (born 1944)
* Léo Apotheker (born 1953), German business executive
* Léo Battesti, Corsican politician
* Léo Bergoffen (1922–2020), Jewish emigrant from Nazi Germany to France
* Léo Bérubé (1884–1967), Canadian lawyer and politician
* Léo Brière (born 1994), French mentalist and illusionist
* Léo Bureau-Blouin (born 1991), Canadian politician
* Léo Cadieux (1908–2005), Canadian politician, Minister of National Defense from 1967 to 1970
* Léo Campion (1905–1992), French actor and anarchist
* Léo Collard (1902–1981), Belgian politician
* Léo Errera (1858–1905), Belgian botanist
* Léo Gausson (1860–1944), French painter and printmaker
* Léo Gauthier (1904–1964), Canadian Member of Parliament
* Léo Hamon (1908–1993), French politician
* Léo Joannon (1904–1969), French film director and writer
* Léo Lagrange (1900–1940), French Under-Secretary of State for Sports and Recreation under the Popular Front
* Léo Laporte-Blairsy (1865–1923), French sculptor
* Léo Lasko (1885–1949), German screenwriter and film director
* Léo Legrand, French actor
* Léo Lévesque, Canadian poet, essayist and writer
* Léo Major (1921–2008), Canadian Army soldier
* Léo Malet (1909–1996), French crime novelist and surrealist writer
* Léo Marion (1899–1979), Canadian scientist
* Léo Pétillon (1903–1996), Belgian civil servant and lawyer in the Belgian Congo
* Léo Piquette (born 1946), Canadian politician
* Léo Pons (born 1996), French filmmaker
* Léo Quievreux (born 1971), French comic book writer and illustrator
* Léo Richer Laflèche (1888–1956), Canadian general, civil servant, diplomat and politician
* Léo Rocco (1894–1976), Swiss architect
* Léo Schnug (1878–1933), Alsatian painter and illustrator
* Léo Staats (1877–1952), French ballet dancer, choreographer and director
* Léo Taxil (1854–1907), French writer and journalist
* Léo Testut (1849–1925), French physician and anatomist
* Léo d'Ursel (1867–1934), Belgian diplomat
* Léo Valentin (1919–1956), French adventurer