Given name & surname
Leontine
“having the strength of a lion”
Leontine is a variant of Leona. In Latin use, Leona carries the interpretation “having the strength of a lion.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Leontine is a variant of Leona. In Latin use, Leona carries the interpretation “having the strength of a lion.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1883. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Leontine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,150
- 0 boys · 1,150 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 32 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 6 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 435 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.
Leontine’s family of names
Leontine has a related form in Leona.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
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 Leontine
- Leontine SaganAustrian-Hungarian stage and film director1889–1974
- Lona CohenAmerican spy for the Soviet Union (1913–1992)
- Leontine van der Liendencyclistborn 1959
- Leontine RuitersDutch television presenter and actor (born 1967)
- Leontine T. KellyAmerican United Methodist bishop (1920-2012)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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