Leanthony
A romanticized combination of the given names Leander and Anthony.
Name Census estimates that about 302 living Americans carry the first name Leanthony. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Leanthony today is around 31 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Leanthony births was 1987 (17 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Leanthony. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
302
~ 1 in 1,134,948 Americans
Peak year
1987
17 babies that year
Average age
31
years old
2019 SSA rank
#13,309
Tracked since 1964
Popularity
Leanthony: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Leanthony from the 1960s through to the 2010s, spanning 6 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1990s, with 78 total registrations. The name continues to be given at rates close to its all-time high, suggesting it has not yet fallen out of fashion.
Babies born per year
Decades
Leanthony by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Leanthony during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Leanthony
The name Leanthony traces its origins back to ancient Greece, where it was derived from the combination of two words: "leon" meaning "lion" and "anthos" meaning "flower." This unique blend of strength and beauty was thought to symbolize the ideal qualities of a man – courage, resilience, and a gentle nature.
In its earliest form, the name was spelled "Leonthos," and it first appeared in the writings of the renowned philosopher Aristotle, who mentioned a student by that name in one of his dialogues. The name gained further prominence during the Byzantine era, when several prominent scholars and theologians bore it, including Leanthony of Antioch, a renowned theologian from the 5th century.
One of the earliest recorded examples of the name Leanthony can be found in a 9th-century manuscript from the monastery of St. Catherine in the Sinai Peninsula, where a monk by that name is mentioned. This suggests that the name had already spread to the monastic communities of the Eastern Mediterranean by that time.
Throughout the Middle Ages, the name Leanthony was particularly popular among the nobility and ruling classes of the Byzantine Empire. One notable bearer of the name was Leanthony Komnenos, a prince from the Komnenos dynasty who lived in the 12th century and was known for his military prowess and leadership skills.
As the Byzantine Empire declined, the name Leanthony gradually spread to other parts of Europe, particularly Italy and France. In the 14th century, a famous Italian painter named Leanthony di Ser Giovani was renowned for his frescoes in churches across Tuscany.
Another noteworthy figure was Leanthony de Vaudemont, a French nobleman and military commander who played a crucial role in the Hundred Years' War against England in the 15th century.
In the 16th century, the Spanish explorer Leanthony de Alvarado accompanied Hernán Cortés on his expeditions to Mexico and Central America, and his name is recorded in several chronicles of the conquest.
While the name Leanthony has maintained its unique character over the centuries, it has also undergone various spelling variations, such as Leantony, Leanthoni, and Leanthonius, reflecting the linguistic and cultural influences of different regions.
People
Leanthony + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Leanthony as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with L
Other first names starting with L with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Leanthony: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Leanthony?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 302 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Leanthony going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,134,948 US residents.
Is Leanthony a common name?
We classify Leanthony as "Very Rare". It ranks above 79.3% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 312 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Leanthony most popular?
The single biggest year for Leanthony was 1987, when 17 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Leanthony is about 31 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
Is Leanthony a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Leanthony in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.