Given name & surname
Leda
“one who is glad; joyful; loved by all”
Leda is a variant of Leta. One Latin interpretation is “one who is glad; joyful; loved by all.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Leda is a variant of Leta. One Latin interpretation is “one who is glad; joyful; loved by all.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Leda is a variant of Leta. An origin associated with Leta is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
In classical mythology, Leda is associated with a queen of Sparta.
Leda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,448
- 0 boys · 3,448 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 61 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #8,641 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −12%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,641 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 12.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 61 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,686 as a first name in 2020; 124 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Leda’s family of names
Leda has a related form in Leta. In Dutch usage, Leda has a conventional equivalent in the French form Léda.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Leda
- Leda CosmidesAmerican psychologistborn 1957
- Leda MilevaBulgarian poet and diplomat (1920-2013)
- Leda Gloriaactress (1908–1997)
- Leda RafanelliItalian publisher and poet (1880–1971)
- Leda ValladaresArgentinian composer (1919-2012)
- Leda BattistiItalian singerborn 1971
- Leda HugoMozambican agronomist, politician (FRELIMO) and vice-ministerborn 1963
- Leda Catunda20th and 21st-century Brazilian artist (born 1961)
- Leda Richberg-HornsbyAmerican aviator (1886–1939)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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