Name meaning & stats
Lionel
Lionel means “lion” (Latin origin). 25,626 US babies since 1940, peak 2023.
What it means
“lion”
LatinWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2023
25,626 US babies were named Lionel between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Lionel (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 94% of the family
- Lionel 94%
- Lionell 5%
- Lyonel 1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2023)