Leone
Leone is a unisex given name: about 10% of people named Leone are men and 90% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
Leone · Léone
- Verdict
- Mostly female
- Male / female split
- 10% male / 90% female
- Confidence
- High (64 or more weighted country observations)
- Most common in
- United States, France, Italy
- Also spelled
- Léone
- US births since 1880
- 274 male / 6,118 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Updated
- 2026-09-11
How to address Leone
To address Leone when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Leone," in English, "Guten Tag Leone," in German. About 10% of people named Leone are men and 90% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Leone,
German
Guten Tag Leone,
French
Bonjour Leone,
Spanish
Estimado/a Leone:
Chinese
Leone您好：
Japanese
Leone様
English
Hi Leone,
German
Hi Leone,
French
Salut Leone,
Spanish
Hola Leone,
Chinese
Leone你好：
Japanese
Leoneさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually | Male share |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | common | woman's name | 4% |
| France | rare | woman's name | 2% |
| Italy | rare | man's name | 98% |
| Belgium | rare | woman's name | 2% |
| Switzerland | rare | man's name | 98% |
| Luxembourg | rare | woman's name | 2% |
United States birth data
274 male · 6,118 female · 6,392 births recorded
Since 1980: 73% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Leone a male or female name?
Leone is a unisex given name: about 10% of people named Leone are men and 90% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
How do I address Leone in an email?
To address Leone when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Leone," in English, "Guten Tag Leone," in German. About 10% of people named Leone are men and 90% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.
Is Leone a unisex name?
Leone is not a unisex name: 10% of people named Leone are men. Leone leans strongly female overall.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.
DearWho, "Is Leone a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/leone (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_leone,
title = {Is Leone a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/leone},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}