Leona

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.

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Leona is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• English79%

  A female given name from Latin, a feminine form of Leo through Leon.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  Feminine form of Leo or Leon; lioness.

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• Spanish6.0%

  female equivalent of león (“lioness”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Leona, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

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• Julia
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• Naomi
• Elora
• Matilda
• Clara
• Flora

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Leona is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, France, Philippines, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Leonã, Léona, Leonà, Leôna, Leóna

• Russian given name17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia, Russia, United States, Poland

  Languages: Russian, Czech, Polish

  Also written Леона, Leóna, Leöna, Lêona, Leôna

• Croatian given name16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Sweden, Serbia

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovenian

  Also written Леона, Лиона, Liona, Léona

• a separate name3 spellings in the group

  Also written Léona, Leonã

• Indonesian given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Philippines, Malaysia

  Also written Léona

• Hindi given name7 spellings in the group

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

  Languages: Hindi, Sinhala, Urdu

  Also written লিওনা

• Greek given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, United States, United Kingdom, Peru

  Also written Lèona, Léona, Λεωνα

53 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.

Leona is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Swedish, Leona är en feminin form av → Leon eller en kortform av → Leonora. Namnet hade en viss popularitet i slutet av 1800-talet och är nu på uppåtgående. I den finlandssvenska almanackan 28 september.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• Latinate feminine form of pLeo.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In German, weibl. Vom., weibliche Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

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.

• Leona Vicariob. 1789MXMexican spy
• Leona Robertsb. 1879USAmerican actress (1879–1954)
• Leona Woodsb. 1919USAmerican nuclear physicist (1919–1986)
• Leona Helmsleyb. 1920USAmerican hotel owner (1920–2007)
• Leona Mitchellb. 1949USAmerican opera singer
• Leona Azabub. 1967JPJapanese AV idol
• Leona Aglukkaqb. 1967CACanadian politician
• Leona Marlin-Romeob. 1973NLDutch politician
• Leona Paraminskib. 1979HRCroatian actress
• Leona Lewisb. 1985GBBritish singer (born 1985)

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).

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.

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

Where does the name Leona come from?

female equivalent of león (“lioness”) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

What does the name Leona mean?

In English, A female given name from Latin, a feminine form of Leo through Leon.

How do you pronounce Leona?

In English /ˈɫioʊnə/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.

Is Leona a male or female name?

Leona is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020), France (INSEE, 2024), Kosovo (ASK Kosovo) and Brazil (IBGE), among others.

What are other forms of the name Leona?

In the etymology graph, Leola, Leontina and Leontyne are forms of the same name in other languages.

In which country does Leona have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 30 thousand people named Leona, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled leona.

Where is Leona most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Leona is densest in Czechia — about 1 in 770 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Leona?

In the United States, the national register counted 30,291 people named Leona in 2020, about 1 in 11 thousand residents.

How common is Leona compared with other names?

In the United States, Leona is the 738th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.