Given name

Léda

Léda is a feminine given name from Latin. It is used in French.

Original LatinLeda

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Léda comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Latin Leda, from Ancient Greek Λήδα.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Léda’s family of names

In French usage, Léda has a conventional equivalent in the Dutch form Leda. In French usage, Léda has a conventional equivalent in the Esperanto form LEDO. In French usage, Léda has a conventional equivalent in the Latvian form Lēda.

Walk Léda’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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Around the world

Léda has relatives in 42 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.

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Latinwhere Léda comes from · 1 name

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Across languages 9

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Sibling ideas

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