Leona

Lee-OH-nuh

Latin

"lioness"

Leona Origin and Meaning

The name Leona is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "lioness".

A Top 100 name from 1896 to 1921, Leona reached as high as Number 72. Since then, Leona had seemed to be one of the most unfashionable of the pride of lion names, but singer Leona Lewis has done a lot to rejuvenate it. Leona returned to the Top 1000 in 2009 after decades of being away.

A somewhat more sophisticated option is the French Leontine.

Leona Rank in US Top 1000

# 518 in the US

Leona Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 376 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Leona

• 518 US 2023
• 376 Nameberry 2025
• 365 Future 2028
• 956 England 2023
• 215 Germany 2016
• 92 Sweden 2024
• 177 Switzerland 2023
• 30 Croatia 2023

20 Names Similar to Leona

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Famous People Named Leona

• Leona Louise Lewis British pop singer
• Leona Kristina Naess British singer,songwriter, daughter of mountaineer Arne Naess
• Lena Mindy "Leona" Roberts Helmsley American hotelier dubbed the "Queen of Mean"
• (María de la Soledad) Leona Camila Vicario (Fernández de San Salvador) Mexican journalist and revolutionary
• Leona Harriet Woods Marshall Libby youngest and only female physicist on the Manhattan Project
• Leona "Binx" Walton American model
• Leona Kate Vaughan Welsh actress
• Leona Dalrymple American actress
• Leona Hutton American actress
• Leona Cavalli (born Alleyona Canedo da Silva) Brazilian actress
• Leona Celinda Doty birth name of Leona Roberts, American actress

The name Leona in Pop Culture

• Leona the Radiant Dawn character in the video game "League of Legends"
• Leona Stoney character on the APTN show "Blackstone"
• Leona Heidern character in The King of Fighters video game series
• Leona Ozaki character in manga and anime Dominion
• Leona Lion character on TV series Between the Lions
• Leaky Leona a character on animated series "Codename: Kids Next Door"

International Variations of the name Leona

• Léonne French
• Liona Hawaiian
• Lyonechika Russian
• Leonida Italian
• Leonita Spanish
• Léonie French
• Leonor Spanish
• Léonette French
• Lyonya Russian