Given name
Leontyne
“having the strength of a lion”
Leontyne is a variant of Leona. In Latin use, Leona carries the interpretation “having the strength of a lion.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Leontyne 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 1953. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Leontyne through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 213
- 0 boys · 213 girls
- Most popular year
- 1966
- 19 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 1987. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 19 in 1966. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 245 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.
Leontyne’s family of names
Leontyne 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 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 Leontyne
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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