Leda

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Greek mythological queen; mother of Helen of Troy

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/lɨðɐ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Leda is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CRCosta Rica1 in 2.7K(measured from records)
  • NINicaragua≈1 in 6.4K
  • BRBrazil1 in 6.6K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (measured from records)

31,842 people, 2022

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
151 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 2.7K (inferred from the name graph)

Costa Rica

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

LedaLatin(measured from records)
ΛέδαGreek(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Greek mythological queen; mother of Helen of Troy

Sources 1

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Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Leda counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Leda is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil#67931,8421 in 6.6K39KLeda128
US United States—2,6861 in 124K2.7KLeda151
IT Italy—≈2,600 est.≈1 in 24K30Leda64
PH Philippines—≈2,500 est.≈1 in 43K—Leda28
CR Costa Rica#1751,8611 in 2.7K1.9KLeda31
NI Nicaragua#399≈970 est.≈1 in 6.4K—Leda14
PY Paraguay—≈320 est.≈1 in 23K—Leda15
HR Croatia—1891 in 22K350——

31,842 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Leda is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name18 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Philippines, Canada

    Languages: English, German, Norwegian

    Also written Léda, Lêda, Lëdã

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Lēda, Lêda, Léda

  • Hindi given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Italy, Philippines

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Lêda

  • Croatian given name10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, Bulgaria, United States, India

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovenian

    Also written Леда, Léda

  • Indonesian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, India, Philippines, United States

    Also written Lêda

  • Turkish given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, Italy, India

    Also written Ledâ, Léda, Lêda

52 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Leda is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, The wife of Tyndareus and mother of Helen, Clytemnestra and Castor and Pollux hatched from eggs as a result of a seduction by Zeus in the guise of a swan

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In English, beloved of Zeus in Greek myth;

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

  • In English, satellite of Jupiter

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

  • In German, from the river Leda; origin name

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

  • In German, from a river name in Friesland

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Leda Rafanelli, b. 1880Leda Richberg-Hornsby, b. 1886Leda Gloria, b. 1908Leda Valladares, b. 1919Leda Mileva, b. 1920Leda Papaconstantinou, b. 1945Leda Nagle, b. 1950Leda Cosmides, b. 1957Leda Catunda, b. 1961Leda Battisti, b. 1971

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalOlá Leda,Hi Leda, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 74 sources across 35 countries.

Official registers attesting Leda
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—39K#912
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)202232K—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—32K#782
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20202.7K#6,078
CR Costa RicaTSE — electoral roll (padrón) names—1.9K#374
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021)2021350—
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)2021189#1,202
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—135#782
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)202051—
IT ItalyISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend)202430#447
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202013#6,078
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202512—

Reference works 6

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Leda mean, and where does it come from?
Greek mythological queen; mother of Helen of Troy Recorded by Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular….
Is Leda a male or female name?
Leda is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
How do you pronounce Leda?
A machine transcription gives /lɨðɐ/ (IPA) for Portuguese.
In which country does Leda have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 32 thousand people named Leda, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled leda.
Where is Leda most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Leda is densest in Costa Rica — about 1 in 2.7 thousand people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Leda?
In Brazil, the national register counted 31,842 people named Leda in 2022, about 1 in 6.6 thousand residents.
How common is Leda compared with other names?
In Brazil, Leda is the 679th most common given name of 474,894 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Leda” — the 679th most common given name in Brazil. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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