Middle names for Leo

3 beats to Leo's 2, so the pair keeps its rhythm · shares Latin roots · "belonging to the Lord," from Dominicus, once given to boys born on Sunday, the Lord's day; carried by the medieval saint who founded the Dominicans and long favored in Catholic families. Dom is the sturdy short form

3 beats to Leo's 2, so the pair keeps its rhythm · shares Latin roots · Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Augustus, 'exalted, venerable', from Latin augeo, 'to increase'

4 beats to Leo's 2, so the pair keeps its rhythm · shares Latin roots · love of God

3 beats to Leo's 2, so the pair keeps its rhythm · shares Latin roots · from Latin valens, 'strong, healthy'

3 beats to Leo's 2, so the pair keeps its rhythm · shares Latin roots · possibly "of Mars" or "manly"; Les Misérables' idealistic young lover

3 beats to Leo's 2, so the pair keeps its rhythm · shares Latin roots · from Fabius, traditionally "bean grower"

3 beats to Leo's 2, so the pair keeps its rhythm · shares Latin roots · "exalted, venerable" (Latin augeo, "to increase")

3 beats to Leo's 2, so the pair keeps its rhythm · shares Latin roots · traditionally priceless one; true origin unknown, Etruscan family name

3 beats to Leo's 2, so the pair keeps its rhythm · shares Latin roots · variant of Dominic, Latin for 'belonging to the Lord'

a single beat to anchor Leo's 2 · shares Latin roots · modern respelling of Max, traditionally 'greatest'

3 beats to Leo's 2, so the pair keeps its rhythm · shares Latin roots · “Latin for dove; also the surname of explorer Christopher Columbus, widely honored around the 1893 Columbian Exposition”

3 beats to Leo's 2, so the pair keeps its rhythm · shares Latin roots · 'savior', from Latin salvator

3 beats to Leo's 2, so the pair keeps its rhythm · shares Latin roots · “Italian and Spanish Fabio and Portuguese Fábio continue the Roman family name Fabius; its origin is uncertain, sometimes linked to Latin faba, bean”

3 beats to Leo's 2, so the pair keeps its rhythm · shares Latin roots · flowering, blossoming (from Latin Florianus, borne by a Roman saint); a staple in Germany, Austria, and France, and famously borne by Germany's Florian Wirtz

3 beats to Leo's 2, so the pair keeps its rhythm · shares Latin roots · from Latin Facundus, 'eloquent'; the name of early saints and of the caudillo behind Sarmiento's 1845 classic Facundo

3 beats to Leo's 2, so the pair keeps its rhythm · shares Latin roots · "greatest"

3 beats to Leo's 2, so the pair keeps its rhythm · shares Latin roots · variant of Dominic, from the Late Latin Dominicus, 'of the Lord'

3 beats to Leo's 2, so the pair keeps its rhythm · shares Latin roots · Spanish form of Julius, a Roman family name of debated meaning, possibly Greek ioulos, 'downy-bearded'

3 beats to Leo's 2, so the pair keeps its rhythm · shares Latin roots · Spanish form of Augustine, from Augustus, 'exalted, venerable'

3 beats to Leo's 2, so the pair keeps its rhythm · shares Latin roots · from the Roman family name Iulianus, itself derived from Julius; the deeper origin is uncertain