Leonidas

Where Leonidas comes from

From Ancient Greek Λεωνίδᾱς (Leōnídās, “son of Leon / lion”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Leonidas
  • Ancient Greek
Leonidas through the years
  1. 315 BC
    Leonidas II born
    King of Sparta
  2. 1874
    Leonidas Pyrgos born
    Greek fencer
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys, with 5 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 2006
    Around this time: 300
    Film, 2006 · Source
  5. 2022
    Peak, #421
    760 babies named Leonidas, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Leonidas I · King of Sparta from c. 489 BC to 480 BC, died 480 BC
  • Leonidas II · King of Sparta, 315 BC–235 BC
  • Leonidas Pyrgos · Greek fencer, 1874–2000
  • Leonidas Stergiou · Swiss association football player, born 2002
  • Leonidas Kavakos · Greek violinist and conductor, born 1967

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. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name.