Given name
Leonarda
“having the strength of a lion”
Leonarda is a feminine form of Leonard. One German interpretation is “having the strength of a lion.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In French use, Leonarda carries the interpretation “having the strength of a lion.” Leonarda is a feminine form of Leonard. One German interpretation is “having the strength of a lion.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
How it developed
Leonarda is used as a feminine counterpart of Leonard.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1895. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Leonarda is a feminine form of Leonard. The history of Leonard gives this family its wider story. Use of Leonard was revived during the 19th century.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Leonarda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,019
- 0 boys · 1,019 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 34 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 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 34 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,145 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.
Leonarda’s family of names
In Polish usage, Leonarda has a diminutive in Leonia. Leonarda is a feminine form of Leonard. Leonarda has a related form in Lenna.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Lennavariant
- Leoniaclipped form · Polish
- Leondravariant
- Leondavariant
- Leoarrievariant
- Leodoravariant
- Leonardevariant
- Lennardavariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Leonarda
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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