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First name origins & meanings:

  1. Italian: Fierce one from Naples
  2. African American: Lion in a new city

First name variations: Nappie, Nappy, Nap, Leon, Leo

Last name origin & meaning:

French (Napoléon) and Spanish (Napoleón): from a Corsican personal name (see Napoleone). It was made famous by the French Emperor Napoleon (1769–1821), and in some cases may have been adopted as a surname in his honor.