Leonel

Where Leonel comes from

Leonel hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1910
    First appearance
    #1,589 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1936
    Leonel Sánchez born
    Chilean footballer
  3. 1953
    Leonel Fernández born
    former president of the Dominican Republic
  4. 2023
    Peak, #308
    1,075 babies named Leonel — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Leonel Fernández · former president of the Dominican Republic, born 1953
  • Leonel Sánchez · Chilean footballer, 1936–2022
  • Leonel Álvarez · Colombian footballer and manager, born 1965
  • Leonel Moreira · Costa Rican footballer, born 1990
  • Leonel Suárez · Cuban decathlete, born 1987

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.