leo

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From Latin leō (“lion”), calque of Ancient Greek λέων (léōn), calque of Akkadian 𒉈𒍑 (nēšu)/Akkadian 𒌨𒄞𒆷 (urgulû), from Sumerian 𒌨𒄞𒆷 (UR.GU.LA, “lion; name of constellation”). Doublet of Leon, leu, lev, lion, and Lyon.

233 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: Լեւոն (Lewon) — male given name
• Armenian: Լեո — male given name
• Basque: Leon — male given name
• Belarusian: Леў (Ljew) — male given name
• Breton: Leon — male given name
• Bulgarian: Лъв (Lǎv) — male given name
• Catalan: Lleó — male given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 里奥 (lǐào) — male given name
• Cornish: Lew — male given name
• Czech: Lev — male given name
• Danish: Leo — male given name
• Dutch: Leo — male given name
• Estonian: Leo — male given name
• Faroese: Leo — male given name
• Finnish: Leo — male given name
• French: Léon — male given name
• French: Léo — male given name
• Galician: León — male given name
• Georgian: ლევანი (levani) — male given name
• Georgian: ლეო (leo) — male given name
• German: Leo — male given name
• Greek: Λέων (Léon) — male given name
• Greek: Λίο (Lío) — male given name
• Hebrew: אַרְיֵה (aryé) — male given name
• Hebrew: לָבִיא (laví) — male given name
• Hebrew: לֵאוֹן (léon) — male given name
• Hebrew: לֵאוֹ (léo) — male given name
• Hindi: लिओ (lio) — male given name
• Hungarian: Leó — male given name
• Icelandic: Leó — male given name
• Irish: León — male given name
• Italian: Leone — male given name
• Italian: Leo — male given name
• Japanese: レオ (Reo) — male given name
• Korean: 레오 (Re'o) — male given name
• Latin: Leo — male given name
• Latvian: Leons — male given name
• Lithuanian: Leonas — male given name
• Macedonian: Лав (Lav) — male given name
• Maltese: Ljun — male given name
• Norwegian Bokmål: Leo — male given name
• Occitan: Leon — male given name
• Occitan: Lon — male given name
• Occitan: Lèu — male given name
• Occitan: Leu — male given name
• Polish: Leon — male given name
• Polish: Lew — male given name
• Portuguese: Leão — male given name
• Romanian: Leon — male given name
• Russian: Лев — male given name
• Russian: Лео́н (León) — male given name
• Russian: Ле́о (Léo) — male given name
• Sardinian: Lioni — male given name
• Serbo-Croatian: Ла̏в — male given name
• Serbo-Croatian: Lȁv — male given name
• Sicilian: Liuni — male given name
• Slovak: Lev — male given name
• Slovene: Lèv — male given name
• Slovene: Léon — male given name
• Spanish: León — male given name
• Swedish: Leo — male given name
• Tagalog: Leon — male given name
• Ukrainian: Лев — male given name
• Vietnamese: Lêô — male given name
• Welsh: Leo — male given name
• Akkadian: nēšum — constellation
• Amharic: አንበሳ (ʾänbäsa) — constellation
• Arabic: بُرْج الْأَسَد (burj al-ʔasad) — constellation
• Arabic: الْأَسَد (al-ʔasad) — constellation
• Aramaic: ܐܲܪܝܵܐ — constellation
• Armenian: Առյուծ (Aṙyuc) — constellation
• Azerbaijani: Şir — constellation
• Bengali: সিংহ (śiṅho) — constellation
• Bulgarian: Лъв (Lǎv) — constellation
• Catalan: Lleó — constellation
• Chinese Mandarin: 狮子座 (Shīzizuò) — constellation
• Cornish: an Lew — constellation
• Danish: Løven — constellation
• Dutch: Leo — constellation
• Dutch: Leeuw — constellation
• Esperanto: Leono — constellation
• Estonian: Lõvi — constellation
• Finnish: Leijona — constellation
• Finnish: Jalopeura — constellation
• French: Lion — constellation
• Galician: León — constellation
• German: Löwe — constellation
• Greek: Λέων (Léon) — constellation
• Ancient Greek: Λέων (Léōn) — constellation
• Hebrew: אַרְיֵה (aryé) — constellation
• Hindi: सिंह तारामंडल (sĩh tārāmaṇḍal) — constellation
• Hungarian: Oroszlán — constellation
• Ido: Leono — constellation
• Indonesian: Leo — constellation
• Irish: an Leon — constellation
• Italian: Leone — constellation
• Japanese: 獅子座 (Shishiza) — constellation
• Japanese: しし座 (Shishiza) — constellation
• Kazakh: Арыстан (Arystan) — constellation
• Korean: 사자(獅子)자리 (Sajajari) — constellation
• Korean: 사자좌 (Sajajwa) — constellation
• Korean: 예좌 (Yejwa) — constellation
• Central Kurdish: شێر (şêr) — constellation
• Latin: Leo — constellation
• Latvian: Lauva — constellation
• Low German: Lööv — constellation
• Macedonian: Лав (Lav) — constellation
• Malay: Singa — constellation
• Malay: Asad — constellation
• Malay: Leo — constellation
• Maltese: Leo — constellation
• Manx: Yn Corran — constellation
• Norwegian Bokmål: Løven — constellation
• Polish: Lew — constellation
• Portuguese: Leão — constellation
• Portuguese: Leo — constellation
• Romanian: Leul — constellation
• Russian: Лев — constellation
• Sanskrit: सिंह (siṃha) — constellation
• Scottish Gaelic: an Leòmhann — constellation
• Slovene: Lèv — constellation
• Spanish: Leo — constellation
• Spanish: León — constellation
• Swedish: Lejonet — constellation
• Tagalog: Halimaw — constellation
• Telugu: సింహరాశి (siṁharāśi) — constellation
• Telugu: సింహము (siṁhamu) — constellation
• Telugu: సింహం (siṁhaṁ) — constellation
• Thai: สิงโต (sǐng-dtoo) — constellation
• Thai: สิงห์ (sǐng) — constellation
• Tibetan: སེང་གེ (seng ge) — constellation
• Turkish: Aslan — constellation
• Udmurt: Арыслан (Aryslan) — constellation
• Ukrainian: Лев — constellation
• Urdu: سنہ (sinh) — constellation
• Vietnamese: Sư Tử — constellation
• Welsh: y Llew — constellation
• Afrikaans: Leeu — astrological sign
• Akkadian: nēšum — astrological sign
• Albanian: Luani — astrological sign
• Arabic: بُرْج الْأَسَد (burj al-ʔasad) — astrological sign
• Arabic: الْأَسَد (al-ʔasad) — astrological sign
• Aramaic: ܐܲܪܝܵܐ — astrological sign
• Armenian: Առյուծ (Aṙyuc) — astrological sign
• Asturian: Lleo — astrological sign
• Asturian: Lleón — astrological sign
• Azerbaijani: Şir — astrological sign
• Bashkir: Арыҫлан (Arıślan) — astrological sign
• Bulgarian: Лъв (Lǎv) — astrological sign
• Burmese: သိဟ် (sih) — astrological sign
• Catalan: Lleó — astrological sign
• Chinese Mandarin: 狮子座 (Shīzizuò) — astrological sign
• Cornish: an Lew — astrological sign
• Czech: Lev — astrological sign
• Danish: Løven — astrological sign
• Dutch: Leeuw — astrological sign
• Esperanto: Leono — astrological sign
• Estonian: Lõvi — astrological sign
• Finnish: Leijona — astrological sign
• French: Lion — astrological sign
• Galician: León — astrological sign
• Georgian: ლომი (lomi) — astrological sign
• German: Löwe — astrological sign
• Greek: Λέων (Léon) — astrological sign
• Ancient Greek: Λέων (Léōn) — astrological sign
• Hebrew: אַרְיֵה (aryé) — astrological sign
• Hindi: सिंह (sĩh) — astrological sign
• Hungarian: Oroszlán — astrological sign
• Irish: an Leon — astrological sign
• Italian: Leone — astrological sign
• Japanese: 獅子宮 (Shishikyū) — astrological sign
• Kazakh: Арыстан (Arystan) — astrological sign
• Korean: 사자궁 (Sajagung) — astrological sign
• Central Kurdish: شێر (şêr) — astrological sign
• Latvian: Lauva — astrological sign
• Low German: Lööv — astrological sign
• Luxembourgish: Léiw — astrological sign
• Macedonian: лав (lav) — astrological sign
• Malay: Singa — astrological sign
• Malay: Asad — astrological sign
• Malay: Leo — astrological sign
• Maltese: Ljun — astrological sign
• Manx: Yn Corran — astrological sign
• Norwegian Bokmål: Løven — astrological sign
• Norwegian Nynorsk: Løva — astrological sign
• Odia: ସିଂହ (siṁha) — astrological sign
• Persian: شیر (šir) — astrological sign
• Persian: لیو (liv) — astrological sign
• Middle Persian: 𐭱𐭢𐭫 (šgl) — astrological sign
• Polish: Lew — astrological sign
• Portuguese: Leão — astrological sign
• Romanian: Leu — astrological sign
• Russian: Лев — astrological sign
• Sanskrit: सिंह (siṃha) — astrological sign
• Scottish Gaelic: an Leòmhann — astrological sign
• Slovene: Lèv — astrological sign
• Spanish: Leo — astrological sign
• Swahili: Asadi — astrological sign
• Swahili: Simba — astrological sign
• Swedish: Lejonet — astrological sign
• Tagalog: Halimaw — astrological sign
• Telugu: సింహరాశి (siṁharāśi) — astrological sign
• Telugu: సింహము (siṁhamu) — astrological sign
• Telugu: సింహం (siṁhaṁ) — astrological sign
• Thai: สิงห์ (sǐng) — astrological sign
• Turkish: Aslan — astrological sign
• Ukrainian: Лев — astrological sign
• Vietnamese: Sư Tử — astrological sign
• Vietnamese: Hải Sư — astrological sign
• Welsh: y Llew — astrological sign
• French: justau — Translations
• Bulgarian: лъв (lǎv) — Someone with a Leo star sign
• Catalan: lleó — Someone with a Leo star sign
• Catalan: leo — Someone with a Leo star sign
• Danish: løve — Someone with a Leo star sign
• Dutch: Leeuw — Someone with a Leo star sign
• Esperanto: leonulo — Someone with a Leo star sign
• Esperanto: leonulino — Someone with a Leo star sign
• Estonian: lõvi — Someone with a Leo star sign
• Finnish: leijona — Someone with a Leo star sign
• French: Lion — Someone with a Leo star sign
• Galician: león — Someone with a Leo star sign
• German: Löwe — Someone with a Leo star sign
• Greek: λέων (léon) — Someone with a Leo star sign
• Hindi: सिंह (sĩh) — Someone with a Leo star sign
• Low German: Lööv — Someone with a Leo star sign
• Macedonian: лав (lav) — Someone with a Leo star sign
• Norwegian: løve — Someone with a Leo star sign
• Portuguese: leonino — Someone with a Leo star sign
• Romanian: Leu — Someone with a Leo star sign
• Russian: лев (lev) — Someone with a Leo star sign
• Swedish: lejon — Someone with a Leo star sign
• Ukrainian: лев (lev) — Someone with a Leo star sign