Given name
Leonidus
“having great strength”
Leonidus is used as a given name. One Latin interpretation is “having great strength.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “having great strength.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Leonidus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 158
- 158 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −61%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 2008.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Leonidus’s family of names
Leonidus has a related form in Leonidas. Leonidus has a related form in Leonidos. Leonidus has a related form in Leonydas.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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