Leonora Forename
6,153rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 170,540 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Kosovo
Leonora Forename Definition:
A female name. Leonora is the It, Léonore the French, and Lenore the German form of this name. Its origin is not quite clear, but it may be a form of Eleanor (q.v.). The various forms of the name are not found in England until the 19th C; their introduction was no doubt due to literary and musical influences, e.
Read More About This ForenameLeonora Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 99% | 103,353 | 1:1,026 | 198 |
| Brazil | 100% | 10,489 | 1:20,425 | 1,856 |
| United States | 100% | 9,451 | 1:38,360 | 2,384 |
| Angola | 100% | 6,478 | 1:4,163 | 675 |
| South Africa | 100% | 3,568 | 1:15,284 | 2,311 |
| Albania | 100% | 2,986 | 1:1,020 | 181 |
| Kosovo | - | 2,623 | 1:710 | 132 |
| Indonesia | 86% | 2,053 | 1:125,652 | 13,511 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 1,867 | 1:3,876 | 641 |
| England | 100% | 1,848 | 1:30,088 | 1,684 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 1,787 | 1:25,462 | 393 |
| Lithuania | 98% | 1,683 | 1:1,754 | 288 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1,551 | 1:34,035 | 2,869 |
| Mexico | 100% | 1,463 | 1:84,856 | 2,379 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,405 | 1:19,207 | 1,474 |
| Uganda | 100% | 1,321 | 1:31,004 | 2,176 |
| Argentina | 100% | 1,097 | 1:38,991 | 1,266 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,044 | 1:9,992 | 1,179 |
| Peru | 100% | 906 | 1:35,090 | 2,144 |
| Jamaica | - | 897 | 1:3,214 | 619 |
| Latvia | 100% | 730 | 1:2,761 | 365 |
| Chile | 100% | 717 | 1:24,557 | 1,222 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 671 | 1:15,799 | 1,287 |
| Italy | 100% | 656 | 1:93,082 | 1,814 |
| Greece | 100% | 646 | 1:16,927 | 889 |
| Colombia | 100% | 594 | 1:80,436 | 2,892 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 583 | 1:52,852 | 6,182 |
| Canada | 100% | 554 | 1:59,808 | 3,719 |
| Russia | 98% | 500 | 1:288,467 | 3,800 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 452 | 1:66,818 | 3,530 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 401 | 1:42,150 | 3,064 |
| Moldova | 100% | 356 | 1:10,003 | 473 |
| Germany | 100% | 276 | 1:350,282 | 4,266 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 271 | 1:5,024 | 869 |
| Israel | 100% | 267 | 1:31,472 | 2,406 |
| Panama | 100% | 220 | 1:17,757 | 1,852 |
| Sweden | 100% | 215 | 1:45,851 | 2,474 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 212 | 1:112,121 | 12,733 |
| Scotland | 100% | 201 | 1:26,619 | 1,146 |
| Kenya | - | 184 | 1:251,669 | 9,410 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 176 | 1:87,635 | 6,588 |
| Spain | 100% | 165 | 1:282,000 | 4,823 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 161 | 1:37,381 | 2,087 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 138 | 1:17,817 | 1,200 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 136 | 1:226,371 | 5,030 |
| Belize | 100% | 123 | 1:2,881 | 660 |
| Guam | - | 122 | 1:1,317 | 295 |
| Malaysia | 95% | 120 | 1:253,750 | 13,611 |
| Honduras | 100% | 119 | 1:74,096 | 2,774 |
| Portugal | - | 111 | 1:93,792 | 2,607 |
| Romania | 100% | 105 | 1:190,971 | 6,760 |
| Croatia | 100% | 101 | 1:41,753 | 1,582 |
| India | 100% | 100 | 1:12,148,780 | 341,601 |
| Ecuador | - | 98 | 1:180,887 | 3,272 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 88 | 1:183,050 | 2,913 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 87 | 1:94,408 | 3,053 |
| Ireland | 100% | 85 | 1:54,630 | 1,721 |
| Austria | 100% | 82 | 1:103,832 | 2,145 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 77 | 1:61,921 | 2,481 |
| Wales | 100% | 76 | 1:40,715 | 1,568 |
| Australia | - | 75 | 1:182,102 | 4,839 |
| Norway | 100% | 75 | 1:68,431 | 2,547 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 74 | 1:110,166 | 9,924 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 73 | 1:95,759 | 3,479 |
| Estonia | 100% | 71 | 1:18,526 | 1,627 |
| Belgium | 100% | 64 | 1:179,532 | 4,666 |
| Denmark | - | 64 | 1:88,273 | 2,673 |
| Congo | 100% | 58 | 1:86,366 | 5,787 |
| Cuba | - | 53 | 1:217,105 | 3,034 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 51 | 1:3,765 | 668 |
| Guyana | 100% | 49 | 1:15,577 | 2,074 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 49 | 1:69,952 | 2,161 |
| Thailand | 95% | 45 | 1:1,557,018 | 48,262 |
| Namibia | - | 39 | 1:61,646 | 3,533 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 39 | 1:14,896 | 1,295 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 35 | 1:1,562 | 330 |
| Serbia | 100% | 35 | 1:204,163 | 3,621 |
| Czechia | 100% | 34 | 1:313,417 | 1,996 |
| France | 100% | 34 | 1:1,955,010 | 11,553 |
| Aruba | - | 33 | 1:3,145 | 634 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 32 | 1:3,487 | 654 |
| Barbados | - | 31 | 1:9,348 | 1,034 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 30 | 1:1,829 | 427 |
| El Salvador | - | 28 | 1:226,492 | 3,036 |
| Grenada | 100% | 28 | 1:3,862 | 674 |
| Belarus | 100% | 26 | 1:364,707 | 2,597 |
| Qatar | 91% | 26 | 1:91,139 | 11,761 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 25 | 1:709,874 | 8,915 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 21 | 1:3,515,600 | 73,131 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 20 | 1:104,538 | 4,881 |
| Armenia | 100% | 18 | 1:162,153 | 3,260 |
| Finland | 100% | 18 | 1:304,621 | 4,354 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 18 | 1:295,004 | 1,634 |
| Cape Verde | - | 16 | 1:33,072 | 1,892 |
| French Polynesia | - | 16 | 1:17,369 | 1,803 |
| Georgia | 100% | 16 | 1:233,654 | 5,937 |
| Liberia | 100% | 15 | 1:294,137 | 9,351 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 14 | 1:510,857 | 17,236 |
| Saint Lucia | 92% | 13 | 1:13,678 | 1,658 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 12 | 1:295,858 | 3,040 |
| Singapore | 100% | 12 | 1:523,921 | 11,491 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 12 | 1:9,146 | 1,253 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 10 | 1:184,315 | 1,771 |
| Hungary | 100% | 10 | 1:979,177 | 2,758 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 10 | 1:562,757 | 6,675 |
| Bermuda | - | 9 | 1:7,203 | 999 |
| Poland | 85% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Transnistria | - | 9 | 1:52,849 | 793 |
| New Zealand | - | 8 | 1:567,006 | 10,838 |
| Zambia | - | 8 | 1:1,981,849 | 20,512 |
| Cameroon | - | 7 | 1:3,087,215 | 57,282 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 7 | 1:8,757 | 1,332 |
| China | - | 7 | 1:195,150,826 | 73,144 |
| Hong Kong | - | 7 | 1:1,107,532 | 6,332 |
| Jordan | 100% | 7 | 1:1,260,968 | 6,027 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 7 | 1:853,325 | 20,404 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 6 | 1:1,607,157 | 18,833 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 6 | 1:3,845,989 | 64,391 |
| Japan | - | 6 | 1:21,331,010 | 46,700 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 5 | 1:35,512,872 | 242,191 |
| Bahamas | - | 4 | 1:99,842 | 1,712 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Kuwait | - | 4 | 1:946,316 | 12,511 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Turkey | 100% | 4 | 1:19,450,427 | 45,600 |
| Cyprus | - | 3 | 1:290,359 | 3,456 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Leonóra (260), Léonora (8), Leoñora (1) & Lèonora (1) are calculated separately.
Leonora (1,278) may also be a surname.
Leonora Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Leonora is the It, Léonore the French, and Lenore the German form of this name. Its origin is not quite clear, but it may be a form of Eleanor (q.v.). The various forms of the name are not found in England until the 19th C; their introduction was no doubt due to literary and musical influences, e.g. Beethoven’s opera of Fidelio (originally called Leonora after the heroine), Bürger’s ballad of Lenore.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
An abbreviation of German Eleanor a or a more typically f. variation of Leonor, a Castilian form of Provencal Alienor from Italian Elena. The precise German equivalent is Lenore, famous in Burger’s ballad ‘Lenore fuhr ums Morgenrot, Empor aus schweren Träumen : “Bist untreu, Wilhelm, oder tot? Wie lange willst du säumen?”’ so stirringly translated, late in C18, by Scott. Leonora is falling into disuse.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Greek (feminine) - Lion-like.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Leonora Forename Popularity
Leonora Demographics
Leonora Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 30 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Leonora Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Leonora in the Russian language | ||
| Леонора | leonora | - |
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