Given name
Leonydas
“having great strength”
Leonydas is a variant of Leonidus. One Latin interpretation is “having great strength.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Leonydas is a variant of Leonidus. One Latin interpretation is “having great strength.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Leonydas is a variant of Leonidus. An origin associated with Leonidus is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2022. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Leonydas through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 5 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 boys is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Leonydas’s family of names
Leonydas has a related form in Leonidus.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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.
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