Leonie
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Leonie is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Leonie är en kortform av → Leonora eller en utvidgad form av → Leona.
- AUAustralia≈1 in 2.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- ATAustria≈1 in 3.4K
- DEGermany≈1 in 3.9K
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.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 284 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈21,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Australia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Léonie in FR France, CM Cameroon.
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)
Leonie är en kortform av → Leonora eller en utvidgad form av → Leona.
Sources 1
- Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Leonie 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | #485 | ≈21,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.9K | — | Leonie | 180 |
| FR France | — | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 5K | 67K | Léonie | 174 |
| CM Cameroon | #568 | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.7K | — | Léonie | 12 |
| AU Australia | #408 | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.5K | 84 | Leonie | 202 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈9,700 est. | ≈1 in 5.8K | — | Leonie | 67 |
| AT Austria | #447 | ≈2,600 est. | ≈1 in 3.4K | 14K | Leonie | 90 |
| US United States | — | 2,395 | 1 in 139K | 2.4K | Leonie | 284 |
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: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Léonie d'Aunetb. 1820FRFrench writer, playwright and explorer (1820–1879)
- Gabrielle Dorziatb. 1880FRnot in their usual nameFrench actress (1880-1979)
- Arlettyb. 1898FRnot in their usual nameFrench actress (1898–1992)
- Leonie Rysanekb. 1926AT(1926-1998) opera singer
- Annie Cordyb. 1928BEnot in their usual nameBelgian actress and singer (1928–2020)
- Angel Coulbyb. 1980GBnot in their usual nameEnglish actress
- Leonie Beneschb. 1991DEGerman actress
- Leonie Tepeb. 1995DEGerman actress
- Leonyb. 1997DEnot in their usual nameGerman pop singer
- Sarah-Léonie Cysiqueb. 1998FRFrench judoka
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 78 sources across 42 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024) | 2024 | 14K | #15 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 2.6K | #2,120 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.4K | #6,640 |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) | 2024 | 364 | #15 |
| AU Australia | NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present) | 1973 | 84 | #95 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 80 | — |
| AU Australia | QLD BDM — Top 100 Baby Names Queensland (1960–present) | 1975 | 38 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 34 | #6,640 |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 1992 | 3 | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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
- In which country does Leonie have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 21 thousand people named Leonie in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled leonie.
- Is Leonie a male or female name?
- Leonie 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.
- What does the name Leonie mean?
- Recorded meaning: Leonie är en kortform av → Leonora eller en utvidgad form av → Leona.
- How common is the name Leonie?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,395 people named Leonie in 2020, about 1 in 139 thousand residents.
- How common is Leonie compared with other names?
- In Germany, Leonie is the 485th most common given name of 156,202 given names recorded there.
- What are other forms of the name Leonie?
- In the etymology graph, Leo is a form of the same name in other languages.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/leonieThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Leonie” — the 485th most common given name in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.