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Lionel
Pronounced /ˈlaɪənl/
Rank in 2024
#560
Born in 2024
528
Peak year
2023 · #497
Origin
Latin
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 528 boys were named Lionel, about 1 in every 3,249.
- It peaked in 2023 with 607 babies, ranked #497.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 33,366 boys have been named Lionel since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Lionel per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.3Greatest1901–27
- 0.3Silent1928–45
- 0.2Boomers1946–64
- 0.2Gen X1965–80
- 0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 4,445 babies, 0.27 per 1,000. Silent: 5,191 babies, 0.25 per 1,000. Boomers: 7,028 babies, 0.19 per 1,000. Gen X: 4,153 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Millennials: 4,355 babies, 0.14 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,639 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 5,280 babies, 0.24 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
A Middle English diminutive of French Léon, Latin Leo (“lion”), or of the Middle English nickname Lion + -el (diminutive suffix).
- A male given name from Latin of mostly British usage.
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- /ˈlaɪənl/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Lionel, CC BY-SA 4.0.