Leonie Forename
5,110th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 203,961 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Netherlands
Leonie Forename Definition:
A female name. French f. of Léon (see Leo) occasionally used in England in modern times. Leonia, Leonina are found in the 13th C, evidently f. forms of the medieval Lion. In 1710 one Lioness Lee is recorded, but that seems to be a solitary freak.
Read More About This ForenameLeonie Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 99% | 71,770 | 1:1,029 | 202 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 21,125 | 1:800 | 177 |
| Australia | - | 12,413 | 1:1,100 | 227 |
| Benin | 100% | 11,500 | 1:920 | 199 |
| Burundi | 100% | 10,862 | 1:912 | 282 |
| South Africa | 100% | 10,631 | 1:5,130 | 968 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 9,257 | 1:2,335 | 451 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 5,744 | 1:4,114 | 873 |
| Germany | 100% | 5,272 | 1:18,338 | 897 |
| England | 100% | 4,791 | 1:11,606 | 877 |
| Haiti | 100% | 4,527 | 1:2,370 | 368 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 3,867 | 1:2,941 | 600 |
| Philippines | 67% | 3,830 | 1:27,679 | 2,544 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 3,352 | 1:29,105 | 3,514 |
| United States | 100% | 2,954 | 1:122,727 | 5,112 |
| New Zealand | - | 2,113 | 1:2,147 | 409 |
| Belgium | 100% | 2,071 | 1:5,548 | 788 |
| Jamaica | - | 2,026 | 1:1,423 | 344 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2,023 | 1:9,085 | 991 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 1,739 | 1:4,688 | 502 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1,624 | 1:14,209 | 1,419 |
| France | 100% | 997 | 1:66,670 | 1,783 |
| Canada | 100% | 902 | 1:36,733 | 2,726 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 798 | 1:10,293 | 1,014 |
| Senegal | 99% | 693 | 1:21,041 | 1,229 |
| Thailand | 100% | 669 | 1:104,732 | 8,710 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 644 | 1:32,297 | 3,883 |
| Ghana | 100% | 618 | 1:43,667 | 2,441 |
| Guinea | - | 467 | 1:25,393 | 1,152 |
| Gabon | 100% | 441 | 1:4,271 | 886 |
| Ireland | 100% | 429 | 1:10,824 | 737 |
| Austria | 100% | 332 | 1:25,645 | 1,056 |
| Namibia | - | 259 | 1:9,283 | 1,133 |
| Vanuatu | - | 239 | 1:1,095 | 315 |
| Israel | 91% | 212 | 1:39,636 | 2,740 |
| Scotland | 100% | 192 | 1:27,866 | 1,175 |
| Congo | 100% | 180 | 1:27,829 | 2,585 |
| Brazil | 100% | 165 | 1:1,298,401 | 31,393 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 162 | 1:1,592,368 | 86,996 |
| Wales | 100% | 150 | 1:20,629 | 1,131 |
| Malaysia | 93% | 149 | 1:204,362 | 11,740 |
| Guyana | 100% | 122 | 1:6,256 | 1,076 |
| Belize | 100% | 116 | 1:3,054 | 695 |
| French Polynesia | - | 108 | 1:2,573 | 542 |
| Suriname | - | 99 | 1:5,584 | 1,159 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 73 | 1:97,973 | 7,849 |
| Czechia | 100% | 71 | 1:150,087 | 1,376 |
| Spain | 100% | 71 | 1:655,352 | 7,233 |
| Sweden | 100% | 70 | 1:140,827 | 5,513 |
| India | 100% | 66 | 1:18,407,242 | 447,665 |
| Sudan | - | 49 | 1:771,571 | 2,562 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 43 | 1:6,283 | 793 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 41 | 1:33,205 | 3,418 |
| Zimbabwe | 86% | 40 | 1:385,595 | 19,040 |
| Portugal | - | 37 | 1:281,375 | 5,179 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 32 | 1:3,106 | 634 |
| Argentina | 100% | 32 | 1:1,336,664 | 6,063 |
| Singapore | 100% | 30 | 1:209,568 | 8,585 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 29 | 1:6,122,909 | 83,805 |
| China | - | 26 | 1:52,540,607 | 62,395 |
| Italy | 100% | 25 | 1:2,442,484 | 15,834 |
| Hong Kong | - | 24 | 1:323,030 | 3,752 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 23 | 1:7,731 | 1,158 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 21 | 1:5,313 | 910 |
| Qatar | 100% | 20 | 1:118,480 | 12,874 |
| Norway | 100% | 19 | 1:270,123 | 6,107 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 19 | 1:30,577 | 2,198 |
| Andorra | - | 18 | 1:4,605 | 419 |
| Greece | 100% | 18 | 1:607,475 | 7,461 |
| Bermuda | - | 17 | 1:3,813 | 661 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 17 | 1:3,606 | 715 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 17 | 1:6,456 | 983 |
| Denmark | - | 16 | 1:353,094 | 6,331 |
| Guernsey | - | 16 | 1:3,958 | 490 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 16 | 1:214,227 | 3,836 |
| Barbados | - | 15 | 1:19,319 | 1,454 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 15 | 1:3,657 | 689 |
| Chile | 100% | 13 | 1:1,354,401 | 10,891 |
| Jersey | - | 13 | 1:7,691 | 755 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 12 | 1:153,596 | 1,669 |
| Finland | 93% | 12 | 1:456,932 | 5,495 |
| Ecuador | - | 11 | 1:1,611,538 | 10,117 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 11 | 1:2,160,880 | 53,386 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 11 | 1:2,745,627 | 44,124 |
| Costa Rica | 88% | 10 | 1:476,795 | 7,334 |
| Grenada | 100% | 10 | 1:10,812 | 1,335 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 9 | 1:668,704 | 10,329 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Croatia | 100% | 8 | 1:527,134 | 5,786 |
| Luxembourg | - | 8 | 1:70,506 | 2,305 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 7 | 1:1,894 | 342 |
| Cyprus | - | 6 | 1:145,179 | 3,172 |
| Mexico | 100% | 6 | 1:20,690,738 | 47,722 |
| Paraguay | 67% | 6 | 1:1,206,134 | 7,440 |
| South Korea | - | 6 | 1:924,070 | 17,138 |
| Uganda | 100% | 6 | 1:6,826,153 | 53,479 |
| Zambia | - | 6 | 1:2,642,466 | 23,928 |
| Bahamas | - | 5 | 1:79,874 | 1,458 |
| Cook Islands | - | 5 | 1:3,631 | 547 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Lebanon | - | 5 | 1:1,125,514 | 9,179 |
| Panama | - | 5 | 1:781,311 | 18,191 |
| Dominica | - | 4 | 1:18,868 | 592 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4 | 1:2,607,818 | 19,206 |
| Malawi | - | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Mali | 100% | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Peru | 100% | 4 | 1:7,947,864 | 48,688 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4 | 1:7,703,141 | 17,485 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Niger | 100% | 3 | 1:6,394,665 | 47,369 |
| Russia | - | 3 | 1:48,077,901 | 98,779 |
| Tanzania | - | 3 | 1:17,596,106 | 69,562 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Hungary | 100% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Japan | - | 2 | 1:63,993,028 | 72,606 |
| Jordan | - | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Liberia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,206,030 | 27,695 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 2 | 1:17,354 | 1,059 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Poland | - | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
The alternate forms: Léonie (3,356), Lèonie (259), Leónie (18), Leonié (5) & Leõnie (1) are calculated separately.
Leonie (4,008) may also be a surname.
Leonie Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. French f. of Léon (see Leo) occasionally used in England in modern times. Leonia, Leonina are found in the 13th C, evidently f. forms of the medieval Lion. In 1710 one Lioness Lee is recorded, but that seems to be a solitary freak.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Greek (feminine) - Lion-like.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
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