name
Lionel
LEYE-uhnl
name
1
A male given name from Latin of mostly British usage.
", 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?"
""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.""
— L. P. Hartley (1953)
2
A village in Ness, Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NB5363). From Scottish Gaelic.
noun
1
archaic lion cub
Word Forms
lionels plural
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Etymology
A Middle English diminutive of French Léon, Latin Leo (“lion”), or of the Middle English nickname Lion + -el (diminutive suffix).