Given name
Leonia
“having the strength of a lion”
In Polish use, Leonia is a diminutive of Leonarda. In French use, Leonarda carries the interpretation “having the strength of a lion.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Polish use, Leonia is a diminutive of Leonarda. In French use, Leonarda carries the interpretation “having the strength of a lion.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Polish usage, Leonia is a diminutive of Leonarda.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1882. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Leonia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,567
- 0 boys · 1,567 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 41 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 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 537 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.
Leonia’s family of names
In Polish usage, Leonia is a diminutive of Leonarda. Leonia has a related form in Leona. In Polish usage, Leonia has a conventional equivalent in the English form Leona.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Leonia has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
7 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
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 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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