Leo is the Latin word for

lion The lion (''Panthera leo'') is a large Felidae, cat of the genus ''Panthera'', native to Sub-Saharan Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body (biology), body; a short, rounded head; round ears; and a dark, hairy tuft at the ...

. It most often refers to: *

Leo (constellation) Leo is one of the constellations of the zodiac, between Cancer (constellation), Cancer the crab to the west and Virgo (constellation), Virgo the maiden to the east. It is located in the Northern celestial hemisphere. Its name is Latin for lion, ...

, a constellation of stars in the night sky *

Leo (astrology) Leo (; , Latin for "lion") is the fifth Astrological sign, sign of the zodiac. It corresponds to the Leo (constellation), constellation Leo and comes after Cancer (astrology), Cancer and before Virgo (astrology), Virgo. The traditional Western ...

, an astrological sign of the zodiac *

Leo (given name) Leo is a given name in several languages. In European languages, it is usually a masculine given name and it comes from the Latin word '' leo'', which in turn comes from the Greek word meaning "lion". It can also be used as a short form of other n ...

, a given name in several languages, usually masculine The terms Leo or Léo may also refer to:

Acronyms

* Lateral epitaxial overgrowth – a semiconductor substrate technology *

Law enforcement officer A law enforcement officer (LEO), or police officer or peace officer in North American English, is a public-sector or private-sector employee whose duties primarily involve the enforcement of laws, protecting life & property, keeping the peace, ...

Law enforcement organisation A law enforcement agency (LEA) is any government agency responsible for law enforcement within a specific jurisdiction through the employment and deployment of law enforcement officers and their resources. The most common type of law enforcement ...

* ''

Louisville Eccentric Observer The ''Louisville Eccentric Observer'' (also called ''LEO Weekly'' but widely known as just ''LEO'') is a privately owned free urban alternative weekly newspaper, distributed every Wednesday in about 700 locations throughout the Louisville, Kentu ...

'', a free weekly newspaper in Louisville, Kentucky *

Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) is a principal department of the State of Michigan. The department oversees the state's programs for unemployment insurance, business growth, affordable housing, labor relations, and ...

Legal Ombudsman The Legal Ombudsman (often informally abbreviated to LeO or LEO) is an ombudsman service that opened on 6 October 2010. It is a free service that investigates complaints about lawyers in England and Wales. The Legal Ombudsman was set up as a resul ...

, often informally abbreviated to LEO or LeO in the UK.

Arts and entertainment

Music

* L.E.O. (band), a band by musician Bleu and collaborators * ''Leo'' (soundtrack), soundtrack album by Anirudh Ravichander for the 2023 Indian film

Film

* ''Leo'' (2000 film), a Spanish film * ''Leo'' (2002 film), a British-American film * ''Leo'', a 2007 Swedish film by

Josef Fares Josef Fares (born 19 September 1977) is a Lebanese-Swedish film director and video game designer. His brother is the actor Fares Fares, who has appeared in many of his films, including one of his major hits, ''A Way Out (video game), A Way Out'' ...

* ''Leo'' (2012 film), a Kenyan film * ''Leo'' (2023 American film), an American animated musical comedy film * ''Leo'' (2023 Indian film), a Tamil-language action thriller *

Leo the Lion (MGM) Leo the Lion is the mascot for the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; its former sister company MGM Resorts; and its predecessor Goldwyn Pictures. The iconic logo was created by artist Lionel S. Reiss, who ser ...

, mascot of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio seen at the beginning of MGM films

Television

Leo Awards The Leo Awards are the awards program for the British Columbia film and television industry. Held each May or June in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the Leo Awards were founded by the Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Foundation of British C ...

, a British Columbian television award * "Leo", an episode of ''Being Erica'' * Léo, fictional lion in the animation ''

Animal Crackers An animal cracker is a particular type of cracker (food), cracker, baked in the shape of an animal, usually an animal either at a zoo or a circus, such as a lion, a tiger, a bear, or an elephant. The most common variety is light-colored and sli ...

'' * ''Léo'', 2018 Quebec television series created by

Fabien Cloutier Fabien Cloutier is a Canadian actor and playwright from Quebec.Leo Namibia TN Mobile, first introduced as Cell One and then as Leo, is a mobile telecommunications company in Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic O ...

, former name for the TN Mobile phone network in Namibia *

Leo Pharma LEO Pharma A/S is a multinational Danish pharmaceutical company, founded in 1908, with a presence in about 100 countries. Its headquarters are in Ballerup, near Copenhagen The company is 100% integrated into a private foundation owned by the LEO ...

, an international pharmaceutical company, based in Denmark *

Leo Records Leo Records is a British record company and label, founded in 1979, which releases jazz from Russian, American and British musicians. It concentrates on free jazz. This label is different from the Leo Records that was formed by Edward Vesala i ...

, an English jazz record label * Lioré et Olivier, a French aircraft manufacturer from 1912 to 1937 *

The Leo Group The Leo Group is a privately owned, waste-recycling company based in Halifax, England that specialises in the collection and processing of animal by-products. The company is currently run by Daniel Sawrij, the managing director, who took over fro ...

, a waste-recycling company based in Halifax, England

People and fictional characters

Léo Léo is a proper noun in French, meaning "lion". Its etymological root lies in the Latin word Leo. Léo is used as a diminutive or variant of the names Léon, Léonard, Léonardon, Leonardo, Léonid, ''Léonor'', '' Léonore'', ''Eléonore'' ...

, a list of people with the given name *

Leo (surname) The surname Leo may refer to: * Aleksandra Leo (born 1981), Polish politician and lawyer * Angelo Leo (born 1994), American boxer * Daniel Leo (mobster) (born 1928), American organized crime figure * Daniel Leo (rugby union) (born 1982), Samoan rug ...

, a list of people *

Pope Leo (disambiguation) Pope Leo is the name of fourteen heads of the Catholic Church: * Pope Leo I (the Great; saint; 440–461) * Pope Leo II (saint; 682–683) * Pope Leo III (saint; 795–816) *Pope Leo IV (saint; 847–855) *Pope Leo V (903) * Pope Leo VI (928–929) ...

, a disambiguation page for popes named Leo *

Leonid dynasty The Leonid dynasty or Thracian dynasty produced six Byzantine emperors during Late Antiquity, reigning over the Byzantine Empire from 457 to 518. The dynasty's patriarch was Leo I, who was made Byzantine emperor in 457. Leo's daughter Ariadne ...

, also known as the House of Leo, a Byzantine dynasty *

Arakel Babakhanian Arakel Grigori Babakhanian (; – 14 November 1932), commonly known by his pen name Leo (), was an Armenians, Armenian historian, writer, critic, and professor at Yerevan State University. He is best known for authoring a multi-volume work o ...

(1860–1932), known by his pen name Leo, Armenian historian *

Leo (singer) Jung Taek-woon (; born on November 10, 1990), better known by his stage name Leo (), is a South Korean singer, songwriter and musical theatre actor, formerly signed under Jellyfish Entertainment. Leo debuted as a member of the South Korean bo ...

(born 1990), South Korean pop musician *

Léo (footballer, born 1975) Léo is a proper noun in French, meaning "lion". Its etymological root lies in the Latin word Leo. Léo is used as a diminutive or variant of the names Léon, Léonard, Léonardon, Leonardo, Léonid, ''Léonor'', '' Léonore'', ''Eléonore'' ...

, full name Leonardo Lourenço Bastos, Brazilian football leftback * Leo (footballer, born November 1989), full name Leonardo Passos Alves, Brazilian football striker * Leo (footballer, born December 1989), full name Leandro Mariano da Silva, Brazilian football striker *

Léo (footballer, born 1990) Leonardo da Silva Vieira (born 22 September 1990), known as Léo Vieira or just Léo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Chapecoense. Honours São Paulo * Campeonato Brasileiro: 2007, 2008 * Copa Sul-American ...

, full name Leonardo da Silva Vieira, Brazilian football goalkeeper *

Léo (footballer, born 1992) Léo is a proper noun in French, meaning "lion". Its etymological root lies in the Latin word Leo. Léo is used as a diminutive or variant of the names Léon, Léonard, Léonardon, Leonardo, Léonid, ''Léonor'', '' Léonore'', ''Eléonore'' ...

, full name Leonardo José Peres, Brazilian football forward * Leo (wrestler) (born 1989), Mexican professional wrestler *

Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira (born December 13, 1944), more famous under his pen name Léo is a Brazilian comics creator. Biography After graduating as a mechanical engineer, Oliveira left Brazil because of the then Brazilian military government, mi ...

or Léo (born 1944), Brazilian comics writer

Places

Léo Department Leo is a department or commune of Sissili Province in southern Burkina Faso. Its capital is the town of Leo. Towns and villages Towns and villages in the department as follows:Sissili Province Sissili is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Centre-Ouest Region. In 2006 the population was 212,628 and in 2011 the population was 240,830, an increase of 13.3%. Its capital is Léo. Education In 2011 the province had 194 p ...

in southern Burkina Faso **

Léo, Burkina Faso Léo is a town located in the province of Sissili in Burkina Faso. It is the capital of Sissili Province, and is located about 10 kilometers from the Burkina Faso–Ghana border, border with Ghana. The main ethnic group are the Gurunsi people, Guru ...

, the capital city of Sissili Province and Léo Department * Leo, a village that was merged into Leo-Cedarville, Indiana, U.S. *

Leo, Ohio Leo is an unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Jackson County, Ohio, United States. It is located northwest of Coalton at the intersection of Sour Run Road (County Road 28) and Twin Bridges Road, at .Rand McNally. ''The Road Atlas '06 ...

, U.S. * Leo, West Virginia, U.S., a ghost town *

Leo Islands The Leo Islands are an island group located inside western Coronation Gulf, south of Victoria Island, in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. Other island groups in the vicinity include the Berens Islands, Black Berry Islands The Black Berry ...

, Nunavut, Canada

Science and technology

Astronomy and space exploration

Low Earth orbit A low Earth orbit (LEO) is an geocentric orbit, orbit around Earth with a orbital period, period of 128 minutes or less (making at least 11.25 orbits per day) and an orbital eccentricity, eccentricity less than 0.25. Most of the artificial object ...

, a satellite path *

Launch and Early Orbit phase In spacecraft operations, Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP) is one of the most critical phases of a mission. Spacecraft operations engineers take control of the satellite after it separates from the launch vehicle. LEOP generally concludes once th ...

, a crucial phase of a space mission * LEO (spacecraft), a lunar mission

Biology

* Leo (horse), an American Quarter Horse * Leonberger or Leo, a breed of dog * Long-term Ecosystem Observatory, a marine study project * ''Leo'', an obsolete genus now in ''Panthera''

Computing

* LEO (computer), the first commercially used computers * Leo (text editor), a computer program

Sports

* BC Lions or Leos, a Canadian Football League team * The PBA Leo Awards, annual Philippine Basketball Association awards

Other uses

* LEO (website), a group of dual-language dictionaries and discussion forums * Leo Petroglyph, a series of ancient stone carvings * Leo clubs, youth branch of Lions Clubs International * Leo, one of the most popular cat names for a pet domestic cat