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Canadian novelist
Leon Rooke, CM (born September 11, 1934) is a Canadian novelist. He was born in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina in the United States. Educated at the University
Leon_Rooke
Surname list
Anghelaki-Rooke (1939–2020), Greek poet Lawrence Rooke (1622–1662), English astronomer Leon Rooke (born 1934), Canadian novelist Martin Rooke (born 1972)
Rooke
Book by Margaret Laurence
books in the 2002 edition of Canada Reads, where it was championed by Leon Rooke. In 2007, it was adapted into a movie, The Stone Angel, filmed in Winnipeg
The_Stone_Angel
1999 film by Katherine Dieckmann
Argentini and Derrick Tseng. The screenplay was written by Dieckmann and Leon Rooke. The film stars Henry Thomas as Raymond Toker, a young loner. Additional
A_Good_Baby
Canadian novelist and short story writer
the selected books in the 2002 edition of Canada Reads, championed by Leon Rooke. The University of Winnipeg named a Women's Studies Centre, and an annual
Margaret_Laurence
Canadian novelist (born 1947)
(arguably) the highest critical acclaim in the history of Canadian literature. Leon Rooke called it one of the five best novels of the twentieth century. Sixteen
Trevor_Ferguson
Annual writing festival in Eden Mills, Ontario, Canada
its banks. In 1989 the Eden Mills Writers' Festival began, featuring Leon Rooke, local resident, writer and a Governor General's Award winner. It has
Eden_Mills_Writers'_Festival
Canadian literary magazine
Dennis Lee, Daphne Marlatt, Anne Michaels, Michael Ondaatje, Al Purdy, Leon Rooke, Jane Urquhart and Jan Zwicky. The last issue of Descant, No. 167, was
Descant_(magazine)
Annual Canadian literary prize
Craig Francis Power The Hope Edward Riche Today I Learned It Was You Leon Rooke Fabulous Fictions & Peculiar Practices Laura Swart Blackbird Calling Jamie
ReLit_Awards
Canadian literary award
1980 George Bowering Burning Water Susan Musgrave The Charcoal Burners Leon Rooke Fat Woman 1981 Mavis Gallant Home Truths: Selected Canadian Stories 1982
Governor General's Award for English-language fiction
Governor_General's_Award_for_English-language_fiction
American literary award
Edmundo Paz Soldán (1967–) Bolivia José Saramago (1922–2010) Portugal Leon Rooke (1934–) Canada Marjorie Agosín (1955–2025) Chile United States Bapsi
Neustadt International Prize for Literature
Neustadt_International_Prize_for_Literature
Canadian writer (1907–1990)
Selected Canadian Stories (1981) Guy Vanderhaeghe, Man Descending (1982) Leon Rooke, Shakespeare's Dog (1983) Josef Škvorecký, The Engineer of Human Souls
Hugh_MacLennan
Canadian literary magazine
Linda Hutcheon, Mark Kingwell, Robert Kroetsch, Susan Musgrave, Al Purdy, Leon Rooke, Guy Vanderhaeghe, Tom Wayman, Susan McCaslin, Lance Woolaver, and George
Wascana_Review
Canadian book publisher
edition, has been edited by David Helwig, John Metcalf, Clark Blaise, Leon Rooke and Douglas Glover, and features the best stories of the preceding year
Oberon_Press
Reflections from Chapel Hill, and award-winning poet and fiction writer Leon Rooke, who had been employed in the News Bureau of the University of North Carolina
North_Carolina_Anvil
Canadian literary publisher
Gwendolyn MacEwen, Michael Moriarty, Joyce Carol Oates, Jon Papernick, Boris Pasternak, Leon Rooke, Jaime Sabines, Priscilla Uppal, and Sean Virgo. v t e
Exile_Editions
Canadian literary award
by Erin Noteboom A Desert Romance by David Tycho 2002 The Last Shot by Leon Rooke Once a Murderer: Poems for Three Voices by Zoë Landale Dents in the Laurentians
CBC_Literary_Prize
Canadian literary award
Category Winner Nominated Fiction Leon Rooke, Shakespeare's Dog Philip Kreiner, People Like Us in a Place Like This H. R. Percy, Painted Ladies Susan Swan
1983 Governor General's Awards
1983_Governor_General's_Awards
Novel by Sheila Heti
Selected Canadian Stories (1981) Guy Vanderhaeghe, Man Descending (1982) Leon Rooke, Shakespeare's Dog (1983) Josef Škvorecký, The Engineer of Human Souls
Pure_Colour
Canadian critic, biographer and poet
2004) Reservoir of Ancestors (Mosaic, 2003) Hugh Hood (Twayne, 1983) Leon Rooke and His Works (ECW, 1989) A Well-Bred Muse: Selected Theatre Writings
Keith_Garebian
Canadian novelist and playwright
Selected Canadian Stories (1981) Guy Vanderhaeghe, Man Descending (1982) Leon Rooke, Shakespeare's Dog (1983) Josef Škvorecký, The Engineer of Human Souls
Timothy_Findley
1980 book
Grace Paley "Friends" The New Yorker James Robison "Home " The New Yorker Leon Rooke "Mama Tuddi Done Over" Descant John Sayles "At The Anarchists' Convention"
The Best American Short Stories 1980
The_Best_American_Short_Stories_1980
Canadian academic (1942–2008)
from the University of North Carolina in 1973. Together with her husband Leon Rooke, she moved to Victoria, British Columbia in 1973. She taught in the English
Constance_Rooke
Canadian literary award
Fiction George Bowering, Burning Water Susan Musgrave, The Charcoal Burners Leon Rooke, Fat Woman Non-fiction Jeffrey Simpson, Discipline of Power: The Conservative
1980 Governor General's Awards
1980_Governor_General's_Awards
Canadian author (1890 – 1970)
Selected Canadian Stories (1981) Guy Vanderhaeghe, Man Descending (1982) Leon Rooke, Shakespeare's Dog (1983) Josef Škvorecký, The Engineer of Human Souls
Laura_Salverson
Canadian book competition
Kim Campbell George Elliott Clarke Whylah Falls Nalo Hopkinson Margaret Laurence The Stone Angel Leon Rooke Rohinton Mistry A Fine Balance Megan Follows
Canada_Reads
Collins, Kizzmekia S. Corbett 2021 Fine Arts: David Holt Literature: André Leon Talley, Timothy B. Tyson Public Service: Dudley E. Flood, Maria F. Spaulding
North_Carolina_Award
Jones, English children's fantasy novelist (died 2011) September 11 – Leon Rooke, Canadian novelist September 12 – Alan Isler, English-American novelist
1934_in_literature
Adams Richards M.T. Kelly Alice Munro Margaret Atwood Josef Skvorecky Leon Rooke Mavis Gallant George Bowering Jack Hodgins Timothy Findley 2014 2012 2011
Vancouver_Writers_Fest
1983 novel by Leon Rooke
Shakespeare's Dog is a 1983 novel by Canadian writer Leon Rooke. The novel tells the story of William Shakespeare's early career, including his aspirations
Shakespeare's_Dog
Former online art journal
Tillman, Jack Myers, and Domenic Stansberry. Canadian writers include: Leon Rooke, Diane Schoemperlen, Mavis Gallant, Bill Gaston, Mark Anthony Jarman,
Numéro_Cinq
Canadian literary festival
Alice Munro, 1986, 1978, 1968 Margaret Atwood, 1985 Josef Skvorecky, 1984 Leon Rooke, 1983 Mavis Gallant, 1981 George Bowering, 1980 Jack Hodgins, 1979 Timothy
Toronto International Festival of Authors
Toronto_International_Festival_of_Authors
Canadian poet and writer (born 1951)
author of four plays, including The Coming, which was co-written with Leon Rooke. Priest's musical play Minibugs and Microchips received a Chalmers Award
Robert_Priest
Canadian writer (1903–1994)
Selected Canadian Stories (1981) Guy Vanderhaeghe, Man Descending (1982) Leon Rooke, Shakespeare's Dog (1983) Josef Škvorecký, The Engineer of Human Souls
Thomas_Head_Raddall
Kinsella, Norman Levine, Rohinton Mistry, Alice Munro, Eden Robinson, Leon Rooke, Diane Schoemperlen, Russell Smith, Linda Svendsen, Kathleen Winter. Harcourt
Best_Canadian_Stories
Canadian writer and member of the Canadian Senate
Selected Canadian Stories (1981) Guy Vanderhaeghe, Man Descending (1982) Leon Rooke, Shakespeare's Dog (1983) Josef Škvorecký, The Engineer of Human Souls
David_Adams_Richards
Canadian playwright
Marriage: A Demolition in Two Acts, adaptations of Homer's The Odyssey and Leon Rooke's Shakespeare's Dog, and a collaboration with Danny Schur on the musical
Rick_Chafe
Canadian literary award
War Finalist Susan Musgrave The Charcoal Burners Graham Petrie Seahorse Leon Rooke Fat Woman 1982 Joy Kogawa Obasan Winner Jim Christy Streethearts Finalist
Amazon Canada First Novel Award
Amazon_Canada_First_Novel_Award
Canadian short fiction writer and journalist
Anthology on the work of Leon Rooke, edited by Branko Gorgup, 2004, Exile Editions, Toronto; commissioned piece, "Fat Leon". ISBN 1-55096-611-1 Reading
M._A._C._Farrant
Canadian-American writer, editor, and artist
Globe and Mail, hoped that So To Speak would reach a wide audience: "Leon Rooke and Erín Moure come across wonderfully in their interviews. In both cases
Peter_O'Brien_(writer)
from September to April. Recent productions include Shakespeare's Dog (Leon Rooke, adapted by Rick Chafe), I, Claudia (Kristen Thomson), Toad of Toad Hall
Alberta_Theatre_Projects
Book by Norma Dunning
Selected Canadian Stories (1981) Guy Vanderhaeghe, Man Descending (1982) Leon Rooke, Shakespeare's Dog (1983) Josef Škvorecký, The Engineer of Human Souls
Tainna
Annual Canadian literary award
Married Donald Jack Me Too Eric Nicol Canadide Paul Quarrington Home Game Leon Rooke Shakespeare's Dog Paul St. Pierre Smith and Other Events 1985 Ted Allan
Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour
Stephen_Leacock_Memorial_Medal_for_Humour
Short story anthology series (1986–2010; 2026–)
Krusoe The Palace Thief by Ethan Canin The Heart Must from its Breaking by Leon Rooke Deeds of Light by Reynolds Price Luxury by Kathleen Cushman Peeling by
New_Stories_from_the_South
Canadian government recognitions
Jean E. Portugal, C.M. Lola Rasminsky, C.M. Donald B. Rix, C.M., O.B.C. Leon Rooke, C.M. Kent Stetson, C.M. Jeffrey Turnbull, C.M. Jim Vallance, C.M. H.
2008_Canadian_honours
American basketball executive
Indianapolis Business Journal. Retrieved September 24, 2014. John Rooke (March 30, 2013). "John Rooke - Thinking Out Loud". Go Local Prov. Retrieved September
William_Wesley
South African writer
Daphne Marie Rooke (née Pizzey) (6 March 1914 – 21 January 2009 ) was a South African author of works such as "Mittee", "Ratoons" and "Wizards' Country"
Daphne_Rooke
Rwandan human geneticist
Leon Mutesa is a Rwandan professor of human genetics who serves as the director of the Center for Human Genetics at the College of Medicine and Health
Leon_Mutesa
1906 play by John Galsworthy
Barthwick – Frances Ivor Jack Barthwick – A. E. Matthews Mrs. Jones – Irene Rooke Jones – Norman McKinnel An Unknown Lady – Sydney Fairbrother Act I, Scene
The_Silver_Box
Australian rules footballer (born 1988)
Foley Harvey (c) Hayden Montagna Motlop Murphy Osborne Pendlebury Petrie Rodan Rooke Sewell Simpson Selwood (vc) Thomas Thompson Wells Coach: Malthouse
Scott_Pendlebury
113th season of the Australian Football League (AFL)
Lynch (West Coast) Round 20 – Lewis Roberts-Thomson (Sydney) Round 21 – Max Rooke (Geelong) Round 22 – Brett Burton (Adelaide) – Winner The Australian Football
2009_AFL_season
French politician (1866–1927)
Dieppe when he married an Englishwoman, Mabel Wells Annie Rooke, daughter of William Rooke and Fanny Drew, and granddaughter of Joseph Drew. They had
Charles_Humbert
Real Madrid 2022–23 football season
Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022. Rooke, Sam (30 December 2022). "Real Valladolid 0–2 Real Madrid: Karim Benzema
2022–23_Real_Madrid_CF_season
Mexican mixed martial arts fighter
on March 7, 2015. "Hector Urbina ("El Toro") | MMA Fighter Page". Neil Rooke (2015-06-04). "UFC signs Andrew Todhunter, set to debut at UFC 188". combatpress
Héctor_Urbina
Press. p. 578. ISBN 9781909976115. "Catalogue description Report of Giles Rooke on Joseph Bird, convicted at the 'last' Warwickshire Assizes for..." National
List of people executed for homosexuality in Europe
List_of_people_executed_for_homosexuality_in_Europe
2015 video game
Enemies' faces are painted and scarred; according to game director Frank Rooke, their appearance "is kind of the approach of how this civilization merged
Mad_Max_(2015_video_game)
French art historian
of French senator Charles Humbert and English writer Mabel Wells Annie Rooke (granddaughter of English newspaper editor Joseph Drew). She spent her childhood
Agnès_Humbert
Body of Marxist thought, prominent until World War I
modern forms. Retrieved 28 April 2008 – via University of Virginia Library. Rooke, Mike. "Marxism is Dead! Long Live Marxism!". What Next Journal.{{cite magazine}}:
Orthodox_Marxism
2012, 2019, 2022 Kelly Neelan Millie Gibson 2019–2022 Lucy Woodrow Lynda Rooke 2022 Fern Lindon Gabrielle Glaister 2022 Wendy Crozier Roberta Kerr 1989–1990
List of former Coronation Street characters
List_of_former_Coronation_Street_characters
2nd-century Greek historian, official and philosopher
Rooke, John. Arrian's History of Alexander's expedition. Translated from the Greek. With notes historical, geographical, and critical. By Mr. Rooke.
Arrian
Römhild (Roemhildt) (1684–1756) Julius Röntgen (1855–1932) William Michael Rooke (1794–1847) Joseph Willard Roosevelt (1918–2008) Guy Ropartz (1864–1955)
List_of_composers_by_name
Sultan of Morocco from 1672 to 1727
but failed to retain la Isleta. Meanwhile, the English admiral, George Rooke joined in the siege of Ceuta, blockading the port in 1704. Between 1699
Ismail_Ibn_Sharif
December 12, 2003. Archived from the original on December 12, 2003. "AirNav: De Leon Municipal Airport". December 17, 1999. Archived from the original on December
List_of_airports_in_Texas
Russian mixed martial arts fighter (born 1991)
Hector Urbina paired for UFC 188". sherdog.com. Retrieved 2015-03-31. Neil Rooke (2015-06-04). "UFC Signs Andrew Todhunter, Set to Debut at UFC 188". combatpress
Albert_Tumenov
Orchestral fantasy by Alexander von Zemlinsky
E-flat major. In the early 1980s, two British Ph.D. students, Keith J. Rooke and Alfred Clayton, working separately, compared the items in Vienna and
Die_Seejungfrau
John Redwood Worthing West Peter Bottomley Beccy Cooper Morag Chugg Edmund Rooke Sonya Mallin Conservative Peter Bottomley Wycombe Steve Baker Emma Reynolds
Candidates of the 2024 United Kingdom general election by constituency
Candidates_of_the_2024_United_Kingdom_general_election_by_constituency
Hopkins Major-General George F. Hopkinson Major-General John Charles Oswald Rooke Hopkinson CB (1931–2016), Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons)
List of British generals and brigadiers
List_of_British_generals_and_brigadiers
2013 music award ceremony
Paul McCartney, compilation producer; Simon Gibson, Guy Massey & Steve Rooke, mastering engineers (Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney) Woody At 100: The
55th_Annual_Grammy_Awards
2012 award ceremony for music
Deluxe Edition) Paul McCartney, compilation producer; Sam Okell & Steve Rooke, mastering engineers (Paul McCartney & Wings) The Bristol Sessions, 1927–1928:
54th_Annual_Grammy_Awards
Irish political party
Brigid Purcell 759 2.8% Labour Dublin Central (2026) Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin 1,681 6.8% Social Democrats Galway West (2026) Denman Rooke 540 1.1% Fine Gael
People_Before_Profit
127th season of the Australian Football League (AFL)
2023. Morgan, Cassandra (14 March 2023). "Geelong premiership hero Max Rooke leading new legal action against AFL for 'life-altering injuries'". Seven
2023_AFL_season
Riordan Paul Kelly 1987 Franco Riozzi Vincenzo Nicoli 1988 Penny Riozzi Lynda Rooke 1988 Archie Rivers Phil McCall 1985 Toby Rivers Christopher Hollis 1999
List_of_Brookside_characters
2013 romantic comedy-drama film by Sigrid Andrea Bernardo
News and Current Affairs. ABS-CBN Corporation. Retrieved 30 April 2026. Rooke, Matthew (20 March 2015). "Interview: Director Sigrid Andrea Bernardo talks
Anita's_Last_Cha-Cha
English footballer (1944–2023)
eliminated, a 3–2 defeat by West Germany at the Estadio de Guanajuato in León. After his playing career, Lee moved into business. His toilet roll manufacturing
Francis_Lee_(footballer)
Australian rules footballer (born 1984)
Johnson 21. Mooney 23. N. Ablett 27. Stokes 29. G. Ablett 30. Scarlett 33. Rooke 35. Chapman 39. Milburn 40. Wojcinski 44. Enright 45. Ling Coach: Thompson
Gary_Ablett_Jr.
by Bill Paterson, the consultant was Edward Bullmore, directed by Denman Rooke, produced by Adam Bullmore, made by October Films 13 October Killer Bees
List_of_Equinox_episodes
recording of "Deborah"". www.naxos.com/. Naxos. Retrieved September 18, 2013. Rooke, Deborah W. (2012). Handel's Israelite Oratorio Libretti: Sacred Drama and
Women_in_the_Bible
Franz Lachner and Carl Reinecke. Martinus Sieveking this teacher's teachers Rooke (1794–1847) studied with teachers including Philip Cogan. Michael William
List of music students by teacher: R to S
List_of_music_students_by_teacher:_R_to_S
2011 award ceremony for music
compilation producer; Paul Hicks, Sean Magee, Guy Massey, Sam Okell & Steve Rooke, mastering engineers (The Beatles) Alan Lomax In Haiti: Recordings For The
53rd_Annual_Grammy_Awards
British royal recognitions
Caroline Rodger. For services to the community in Thames Ditton, Surrey. Anne Rooke, Cleaning Supervisor, Castle Douglas High School, Dumfries and Galloway
2025_New_Year_Honours
Australian rules footballer (born 1983)
was his vigorous tackle in the Preliminary Final against Geelong's Max Rooke. Maxwell's leadership at Collingwood was shown throughout the season. He
Nick_Maxwell
Popplewell, Tilda Swinton, Simon Pegg, Gary Sweet, Shane Rangi, Steven Rooke, Laura Brent, Bille Brown, Terry Norris, Bruce Spence, Arabella Morton,
List of American films of 2010
List_of_American_films_of_2010
Society to promote white line wood engravings
Hagreen Lucien Pissarro Robert Gibbings E M O’Rourke Dickey Sydney Lee Noel Rooke Edward Gordon Craig Eric Gill Gwen Raverat John Nash The SWE was founded
Society_of_Wood_Engravers
Australian television series
(season 3) Neil Fanning as Roadhouse Cop Ian Bliss as Luke Delaney Steven Rooke as Jackson Delaney Ian Mune as Jim Walsh Catherine Wilkin as Beverley Delaney
Wanted (2016 Australian TV series)
Wanted_(2016_Australian_TV_series)
New Zealand footballer (born 2001)
'desperate to learn'". BBC Sport. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2025. Rooke, Jamie (16 January 2024). "Ian Foster's Plymouth decisions may concern Mustapha
Ben_Waine
Australian rules footballer
Johnson 21. Mooney 23. N. Ablett 27. Stokes 29. G. Ablett 30. Scarlett 33. Rooke 35. Chapman 39. Milburn 40. Wojcinski 44. Enright 45. Ling Coach: Thompson
Corey_Enright
Siege of Gibraltar (1704) – eleventh siege of Gibraltar, by Sir George Rooke's Anglo-Dutch fleet Siege of Ulm (1704) – War of the Spanish Succession Twelfth
List_of_sieges
Awards ceremony
– Somewhere Boy (Channel 4) Jack Rooke (Writer) – Big Boys (Channel 4) Lynette Lindon (Director) – My Name is Leon (BBC Two) Nicôle Lecky (Writer) –
2023 British Academy Television Craft Awards
2023_British_Academy_Television_Craft_Awards
Augustine Geary Michael Kelly Thomas Moore Peter K. Moran William Michael Rooke [pupils] Randy Brecker Tony Campise Mark Egan Du Yun Kyle Gann Evan Hause
List of music students by teacher: C to F
List_of_music_students_by_teacher:_C_to_F
Australian rules footballer
Johnson 21. Mooney 23. N. Ablett 27. Stokes 29. G. Ablett 30. Scarlett 33. Rooke 35. Chapman 39. Milburn 40. Wojcinski 44. Enright 45. Ling Coach: Thompson
Joel_Selwood
Chloë Fairweather Runyararo Mapfumo Marley Morrison Diana Olifirova Jack Rooke Paul Sng Alex Thomas Theo Williams Gamemakers Emily Brown Jamal Green Alyx
Breakthrough_Brits
English composer (1921–1999)
2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023. "Bookplate for musician Ernest Bryan Gipps". Rooke Books. Retrieved 4 July 2023. "Gipps tree – Canterbury History". www
Ruth_Gipps
Australian rules footballer, born 1981
Haines 37. Matthew Golding 39. Michael Barker 40. David Sheahan 41. Max Rooke 42. Matthew Ball 44. Digby Morrell 45. Jim Plunkett 46. Mark Berts 47. Andrew
Darren_Jolly
writer/producer, Leverage Rebecca Rosenblum – writer, winner of the 2007 Metcalf-Rooke Award Dean Rosenthal – composer Moshe Safdie – architect (National Gallery
List of McGill University people
List_of_McGill_University_people
Chronology of the history of Gibraltar
(He [Rooke] had the Spanish flag hauled down and the English flag hoisted in its stead; Rooke's men quickly raised the British flag ... and Rooke claimed
Timeline of the history of Gibraltar
Timeline_of_the_history_of_Gibraltar
Australian rules footballer, born 1987
Foley Harvey (c) Hayden Montagna Motlop Murphy Osborne Pendlebury Petrie Rodan Rooke Sewell Simpson Selwood (vc) Thomas Thompson Wells Coach: Malthouse
Dale_Thomas_(footballer)
her grandfather ʻAikanaka; she composed most of her works in this house Rooke House – Private residences of Queen Emma; her childhood home Ululani – royal
List_of_palaces
Island belonging to the San Simón archipelago, Spain
Bay was fought near San Simón between an Anglo-Dutch fleet under George Rooke and Philips van Almonde and a Franco-Spanish fleet commanded by François
Island_of_San_Simón
Western Australia [104]; also Knight Bachelor, AK Charles Cowper 1871 William Rooke Creswell 1911 Director of Commonwealth Naval Forces [105] (appears as Cresswell);
Australian_knights_and_dames
Women's music history
Jillian Burt, and fellow Australians Kate Durham and Sara Thorn. Pamela Rooke, also known as Jordan Mooney or simply Jordan, worked as a model for Vivienne
Women_in_punk_rock
LEON ROOKE
LEON ROOKE
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Christian, Czechoslovakian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Latin
Lioness; Feminine of Leon; Brave as a Lioness; Liked
Female
English
Feminine form of Latin Leo, LEONA means "lion."Â
Male
Italian
Italian form of Latin Leo, LEONE means "lion." Compare with feminine Leone.
Male
English
(ΛÎων) Greek name derived from the word leon, LEON means "lion." In use by the English and Germans.Â
Male
English
 Short form of English Leonard, LEO means "lion-strong." Compare with another form of Leo.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Czechoslovakian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Jamaican, Latin, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Swiss, Teutonic
Brave; Lion-bold; Brave People; Lion-man; Leo
Boy/Male
Teutonic American Native American English German
Lion.
Male
Czechoslovakian
, a lion.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Lyon 1–3.French : variant of Lyon 1.French : habitational name from places in Calvados, Loire, and Meuse named with Lion.
Girl/Female
British, English
Lion
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, French, German, Latin, Teutonic
Brave as a Lion; Lion-bold; Flute
Female
English
English variant spelling of Latin Leona, LEONE means "lion." Compare with masculine Leone.
Boy/Male
Indian
Lion
Boy/Male
Latin Spanish American French German Greek
Lion.
Male
English
 Short form of English Leonard, LEN means "lion-strong." Compare with another form of Len.
Boy/Male
Armenian, Australian, Hebrew, Jamaican
Lion; Joined; Attached
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Christian, Danish, French, German, Latin
Lioness; Lion; Brave
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Bold Lion
Boy/Male
Australian, British, English, French, German, Italian, Latin
Lion
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Indian, Irish, Jamaican, Latin, Parsi, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Zoroastrian
Brave as a Lion; Symbolizing Kingliness and Grandeur and Courage; Lion-bold; Lion of Naples; Lion; Form of Leonard; Like a Lion; Leo
LEON ROOKE
LEON ROOKE
Girl/Female
Indian
Speaker of truth
Boy/Male
Hindu
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Traditional
Lord Krishna
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the places, for example in Cheshire, County Durham, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, and North and West Yorkshire, so called from Old English stocc ‘tree trunk’ or stoc ‘dependent settlement’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. It is not possible to distinguish between the two first elements on the basis of early forms.A family of this name were established in America by an English Quaker, Richard Stockton, in 1656. He bought large tracts of land around Princeton, NJ, and founded an estate on which his great-grandson, Richard Stockton (1730–81), a leading colonial lawyer and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, was born.
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Mythological, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sikh, Telugu
One with Three Eyes; Lord Shiva; Three Eyed Lord; One of Higher Knowledge
Boy/Male
Indian, Telugu
Father of Sky
Boy/Male
Tamil
Reliable, Trustworthy, Faithful
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Lightning
Girl/Female
Hindu
River Yamuna, Surya putri Yamuna
LEON ROOKE
LEON ROOKE
LEON ROOKE
LEON ROOKE
LEON ROOKE
v. i.
Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle.
a.
Of or pertaining to Leon, in Spain.
n.
A period of immeasurable duration; also, an emanation of the Deity. See Eon.
n.
An object of interest and curiosity, especially a person who is so regarded; as, he was quite a lion in London at that time.
v. i.
To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest.
n.
Any one of several aquatic, wed-footed, northern birds of the genus Urinator (formerly Colymbus), noted for their expertness in diving and swimming under water. The common loon, or great northern diver (Urinator imber, or Colymbus torquatus), and the red-throated loon or diver (U. septentrionalis), are the best known species. See Diver.
n.
Alt. of Aeon
n. sing. & pl.
A native or natives of Leon.
a.
Like a lion; brave as a lion.
a.
Thin; lean.
n.
A large carnivorous feline mammal (Felis leo), found in Southern Asia and in most parts of Africa, distinct varieties occurring in the different countries. The adult male, in most varieties, has a thick mane of long shaggy hair that adds to his apparent size, which is less than that of the largest tigers. The length, however, is sometimes eleven feet to the base of the tail. The color is a tawny yellow or yellowish brown; the mane is darker, and the terminal tuft of the tail is black. In one variety, called the maneless lion, the male has only a slight mane.
v. i.
Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; -- opposed to fat; as, lean copy, matter, or type.
n.
A lion.
a.
Lean.
n.
A lean-to. See Lean-to.
n.
The tree which bears lemons; the lemon tree.
n.
A sign and a constellation; Leo.
v. i.
Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages.
n.
The Lion, the fifth sign of the zodiac, marked thus [/] in almanacs.