Leontine

French female form of Leontios, Greek

"lion"

Leontine Origin and Meaning

The name Leontine is a girl's name of French origin meaning "lion".

Leontine is the French form of a name that's more familiar by its spelling variation Leontyne, the name made famous by opera diva Price. An obscure choice, Leontine nevertheless feels right for our lion-name-crazed moment.

Leontine Rank in US Top 1000

# 971 in the US

Popularity of the name Leontine

• 1901 Nameberry 2025

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Famous People Named Leontine

• Léontine Lippmann Arman de Caillavet mistress and muse of writer Anatole France
• Leontine Sagan Austrian,Hungarian theater director
• Leontine T. Kelly American Methodist bishop
• Léontine de Maësen Belgian coloratura soprano
• Léontine Pauline Aubart French singer; mistress of business mogul Benjamin Guggenheim; Titanic survivor
• Léontine Zanta first Frenchwoman to earn a doctorate
• Florence Leontine Mary Welch English singer of band Florence + the Machine

The name Leontine in Pop Culture

• "Leontine's Husbands " 1928 German silent comedy