of the word LEONIS meaning "lion".  Thus this zodiac name is also made up from a Turkish expression. From url http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonidas_I we have: "Leonidas ( Greek : Λεωνίδας - "Lion's son", "Lion-like") was a king of Sparta , the 17th of the Agiad line, one of the sons of King Anaxandridas