MEANING & HISTORY
What does Leoncio mean?
Leoncio is a Spanish form borrowed from Latin Leontius, in turn related to Greek Leontios. The Greek stem comes from the word for lion.
This is a documented chain across languages rather than a combination of Leon with a separately meaningful Spanish -cio. The editorial base-name account explicitly includes Leoncio among the related forms. Lion is the lexical root; brave as a lion is a later interpretation, not a literal extra clause.
Leoncio remains distinct from Leon and Leonardo.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
Spanish
- /leˈonθjo/
- [leˈõn̟.θjo]
- /leˈonsjo/
- [leˈõn.sjo]
Le · on · cio3 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
SpanishEtymology & source
Learned borrowing from Latin Leontius.
a male given name from Latin
Wiktionary: Leoncio (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Leoncio
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Leoncio Evasco Jr.
Philippine politician
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Leoncio Imperial
Filipino politician
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
12
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
2
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Leoncio Imperial, Leoncio Evasco Jr.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Leoncio in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Leoncio
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Amancio·Loving; Spanish form of Amantius
- Leandro♂Lion and man; form of Leander
- Leon♂Lion
- León♂Lion
- Leona♀Feminine form of Leon; lion
- Leonard♂Lion and boldness, in the usual Germanic analysis
- Leonardo♂Brave lion; form of Leonard
- Leonel·Spanish and Portuguese Lionel; little lion
What rhymes with Leoncio?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Leoncio further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q25114277 — Leoncio (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Leoncio Imperial (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q25114277 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Leoncio Evasco Jr. (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q25114277 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Leoncio (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — leontios (opens in a new tab)
Consulted editorial entry, not user submissions: Greek lion stem and corresponding Spanish Leoncio.