Lionel

A Middle English diminutive of French Léon, Latin Leo (“lion”), or of the Middle English nickname Lion + -el (diminutive suffix). ^[1]

• enPR: lī' ən əl, IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪənl/

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Lionel

1. A male given name from Latin of mostly British usage.
   • 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:
     , Scene IV

     His grandfather was Lionel, Duke of Clarence,

     Third son to the third Edward, King of England.

     Spring crestless yeomen from so deep a root?

   • 1953, L. P. Hartley, The Go-Between, Hamish Hamilton, published 1974, pages 49–50:

     "Yes. You see, I was born under the sign of Leo, though it's not my real name."
     "What is your real name?"
     I saw Marcus looking at me, but I couldn't refuse to tell her.
     "It's Lionel. But don't tell anyone."
     "Why not?"
     "Because it's rather a fancy name."

2. A village in Ness, Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NB5363). From Scottish Gaelic.

• O'Neill, loline, niello, nollie

• IPA^(key): /lionel/ [li.o.nel]
• Rhymes: -onel, -el
• Hyphenation: Li‧o‧nel

Lionel anim

1. a male given name

• “Lionel”, in Euskal Onomastikaren Datutegia [Basque Onomastic Database], Euskaltzaindia
• Xarles Bidegain, Izendegia, 1999, Elkarlanean, Donostia, →ISBN, page 271

• IPA^(key): /ljɔ.nɛl/

Lionel m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Lionel