Given name & surname
Leonida
“son of Leon / lion”
Leonida is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, meaning “son of Leon / lion.” It is used in Italian and Latin.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Leonida is a feminine form of Leonid. An origin associated with Leonid is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Slovenian usage, Leonida is a feminine form of Leonid.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Leonida through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 26
- 0 boys · 26 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 6 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 1929. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,471 as a first name in 2020; 144 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.
Leonida’s family of names
In Slovenian usage, Leonida is a feminine form of Leonid. In Greek usage, Leonida as a surname is a transliteration of Λεονίδα.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Leonida
- Leo BertosNew Zealand association football playerborn 1981
- Leonida BissolatiItalian statesman (1857-1920)
- Leonida TonelliItalian mathematician (1885-1946)
- Leonidas ProañoEcuadorian priest and theologian (1910-1988)
- Leonida Bagration of MukhraniGeorgian-Russian Imperial and Royal1914–2010
- Leonida LariRomanian politician and writer (1949–2011)
- Leonida FrascarelliItalian bicycle racer (1906-1991)
- Neto PereiraBrazilian footballerborn 1979
- Leonidas FloresCosta Rican football refereeborn 1965
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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