Lion - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Lion \lion\ is a variant of Leo (Latin), and the meaning of Lion is "lion".

The baby name Lion sounds like Lon, Lyon, Leon, Lioni, Linn and Lin. Other similar baby names are Dion, Eion, Lidon, Liron, Rion, Sion and Zion.

Lion is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#21435 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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