Boy · Greek
Leonidas
Say it: lee-ON-ih-dus
Meaning
From Greek leōn 'lion' with the patronymic ending -idas: 'son of the lion'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Revived in modern Greece and Latin America, and rising in the US.
Its wave through time
Rising now
In the United States
- 6,994 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 2,600 boys
- 644 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- Ancient Greece800 BC to 146 BC
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| Greek | Leonidas |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Leónidas |
| Russian | Leonid |
Famous bearers
- Leonidas I, Spartan king at Thermopylae
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Where this comes from
- Ancient Greek literature and history (Homer, Herodotus, Plutarch and others)
- Royal and noble genealogies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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