Leonas

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Leonas
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Name day 20 February (for the Lithuanian name) [1]
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Related names Leonardas, Linus, Leon

Leonas is a Lithuanian masculine given name and surname; [2] often a diminutive of Leonardas, and a Lithuanianized form of "Leon". [3]

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Leonas (Ancient Greek : Λεωνᾶς) was also a Greek [4] [5] [6] [7] and a Latin name. [8]

Surname

Given name

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References

  1. "Lithuanian Name Days". Behind the Name. 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  2. "Leonas: Surname". Forebrears. 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  3. "Leonas". Behind the Name. 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  4. 1 2 Suda, la.269
  5. Sozomenos, Ecclesiastical History, 4.22.2 - GR
  6. Sozomenos, Ecclesiastical History, 4.22.1 - EN
  7. 1 2 A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology William Smith, Ed., Proclus
  8. Ammianus Marcellinus, Rerum Gestarum John C. Rolfe, Ph.D., Litt.D., Ed.
  9. Marinus, Life of Proclus, 8-9