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Leon

Pronunciation: LEE-awn (key)
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This proud name, meaning lion, has a wealth of colorful namesakes from boxer Spinks to jazzman Redbone to Bolshevik Trotsky. Leon is a current favorite around the world, but in America it has yet to regain its past luster.

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Lefish, Lee, Leo

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Leon Trotsky -- a Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist. He was one of the leaders of the Russian October Revolution, second only to Lenin.

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Children's book "The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel)" by Ellen Raskin
Film: Leon - The professional. A film about a killer who cares for a little girl by Luc Besson
Pop band "Kings of Leon" with hits like Sex on fire

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