Given name & surname
Leocadia
Leocadia is a feminine given name from Greek. It is used in Spanish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
A possible origin is Greek, although the derivation remains uncertain.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1893. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Leocadia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 685
- 0 boys · 685 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 49 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 49 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 689 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Leocadia’s family of names
Leocadia has a masculine form in Leocadio. In German usage, Leocadia has a related form in LEOKADIA. In Italian usage, Leocadia has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form LEOKADIA.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Leocadia has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
3 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Leocadia
- LeocadiaSpanish saint300–304
- Leocadia ZorrillaCompanion of Francisco Goya1788–1856
- Leocadia AlbaSpanish actor1866–1952
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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